-transparent.png){kind=logo}
The aim of this work was to assess the diagnostic accuracy for neurocysticercosis, of ELISA and counterimmunoelectrophoresis techniques, in sera and cerebrospinal fluid. Two hundred eight serum samples (47 coming from patients with confirmed cysticercosis) and 87 cerebrospinal fluid samples (27 coming from patients with confirmed cysticercosis) were analyzed. A crude and standardized extract of swine muscle cysticercus cellulose was used as antigen. ELISA and counter immunoelectrophoresis had a 100% specificity in cerebrospinal fluid. In sera, counterimmunoelectrophoresis had a 94.1% specificity. In sera and cerebrospinal fluid, ELISA had a 85.1% sensitivity. Cross reactions were observed in sera of patients with confirmed hydatidosis. Thus, the high specificity of both techniques in cerebrospinal fluid is probably due to the low incidence of cerebral hydatidosis in Chile. It is concluded that for the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis, antibodies against cysticercus cellulosae must be sought paralelly in serum and cerebrospinal fluid using ELISA and counterimmunoelectrophoresis.
C Retamal, and
I Zulantay, and
H Sariego, and
R Melo, and
W Apt
April 1986,
Archives of neurology,
C Retamal, and
I Zulantay, and
H Sariego, and
R Melo, and
W Apt
January 1988,
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology,
C Retamal, and
I Zulantay, and
H Sariego, and
R Melo, and
W Apt
January 1990,
Zhongguo ji sheng chong xue yu ji sheng chong bing za zhi = Chinese journal of parasitology & parasitic diseases,
C Retamal, and
I Zulantay, and
H Sariego, and
R Melo, and
W Apt
January 1979,
Lancet (London, England),
C Retamal, and
I Zulantay, and
H Sariego, and
R Melo, and
W Apt
January 2004,
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo,
C Retamal, and
I Zulantay, and
H Sariego, and
R Melo, and
W Apt
January 1996,
Boletin chileno de parasitologia,
C Retamal, and
I Zulantay, and
H Sariego, and
R Melo, and
W Apt
April 1982,
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology,
C Retamal, and
I Zulantay, and
H Sariego, and
R Melo, and
W Apt
September 1985,
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health,
C Retamal, and
I Zulantay, and
H Sariego, and
R Melo, and
W Apt
December 2008,
Asian Pacific journal of allergy and immunology,
C Retamal, and
I Zulantay, and
H Sariego, and
R Melo, and
W Apt
July 1979,
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Erste Abteilung Originale. Reihe A: Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Parasitologie,
