TABLE 3.
Comparison of intrathecal synthesis of borrelial antibodies determined by two distinct methods in patients with different clinical diagnoses
| Group and result by the Liaison testa | No. (%) with the indicated result by the Dako neuroborreliosis test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgM |
IgG |
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| Pos | Neg | All | Pos | Neg | All | |
| LNB | ||||||
| Pos | 11 (32.4) | 6 (17.6) | 17 (50) | 12 (35.3) | 4 (11.8) | 16 (47.1) |
| Neg | 0 | 17 (50) | 17 (50) | 1 (2.9) | 17 (50) | 18 (52.9) |
| All | 11 (32.4) | 23 (67.6) | 34 (100) | 13 (38.2) | 21 (61.8) | 34 (100) |
| sLNB | ||||||
| Pos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.7) | 1 (3.7) | 2 (7.4) |
| Neg | 0 | 27 (100) | 27 (100) | 0 | 25 (92.6) | 25 (92.6) |
| All | 0 | 27 (100) | 27 (100) | 1 (3.7) | 26 (96.3) | 27 (100) |
| TBE | ||||||
| Pos | 1 (3.1) | 3 (9.4) | 4 (12.5) | 2 (6.2) | 1 (3.1) | 3 (9.3) |
| Neg | 0 | 28 (87.5) | 28 (87.5) | 0 | 29 (90.6) | 29 (90.6) |
| All | 1 (3.1) | 31 (96.9) | 32 (100) | 2 (6.2) | 30 (93.7) | 32 (100) |
a
The results of the Liaison test were calculated according to the method of Reiber and Lange (14). LNB, Lyme neuroborreliosis; sLNB, suspected Lyme neuroborreliosis; TBE, tick-borne encephalitis; Pos, positive; Neg, negative.