title: Confirmation and follow-up of neurocysticercosis by real-time PCR in cerebrospinal fluid samples of patients living in France.
abstract: Neurocysticercosis diagnosis is based on a combination of clinical, epidemiological, radiological, and immunological findings. We describe a real-time PCR assay for the confirmation of neurocysticercosis diagnosis in cerebrospinal fluid. The assay, tested on samples from nine patients living in France and diagnosed with neurocysticercosis, had a detection rate of 83.3% and 100% specificity.
authors: Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie, Hôpital Cochin-Port Royal, AP-HP, Université Paris Descartes, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. helene.yera@cch.aphp.fr
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Yera
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Dupont
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Houze
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ben M'rad
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Pilleux
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Sulahian
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Gatey
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Gay Andrieu
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Dupouy-Camet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000469:parasitology*; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013621:Taenia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth