title: CSF analysis in patients with sporadic CJD and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
abstract: Patients with suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) often have routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis performed to exclude treatable inflammatory conditions; however, little information is available about the range of results obtained for CSF tests in patients with sporadic CJD and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE). Data from 450 patients with sporadic CJD and 47 patients with other TSEs were collected as part of an EC-supported multinational study. Raised white cell counts of >5 cells/microl were found in three of 298 patients with sporadic CJD, with two cell counts of 7 cells/microl and one of 20 cells/microl. Total protein concentrations of >0.9 g/l were found in five of 438 patients with sporadic CJD, although none had a concentration of >1 g/l. CSF oligoclonal IgG was detected in eight of 182 sporadic CJD patients. Of the patients with other TSEs, six had elevated cell counts ranging from 6 to 14 cells/microl but none had total protein concentrations of >0.9 g/l and one patient had detectable oligoclonal IgG. None of the patients with sporadic CJD or other TSEs had abnormalities in all three tests.
authors.affiliation: National CJD Surveillance Unit, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. alison.green@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Juan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ladogana
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cuadrado-Corrales
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Valle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mitrová
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stoeck
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sklaviadis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kulczycki
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Slivarichová
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saiz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calero
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mellina
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: van Duijn
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zerr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000235:genetics; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000473:pathology; D043025:Oligoclonal Bands / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
chemical_list: D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins; D043025:Oligoclonal Bands