Human neurocysticercosis: Comparison of different diagnostic tests using cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-200

  Michelet, Lorraine ^a,b   Fleury, Agnès ^c,d   Sciutto, Edda ^d   Kendjo, Eric ^b,e   Fragoso, Gladis ^d   Paris, Luc ^b   Bouteille, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HP10 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOELECTROTRANSFER BLOTTING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAENIA SOLIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 78650901472     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01554-10     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Almeida, C. R., E. P. Ojopi, C. M. Nunes, L. R. Machado, O. M. Takayanagui, J. A. Livramento, R. Abraham, W. F. Gattaz, A. J. Vaz, and E. Dias-Neto. 2006. Taenia solium DNA is present in the cerebrospinal fluid of neurocysticercosis patients and can be used for diagnosis. Eur. Arch. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 256:307-310.
2. Bobes, R. J., M. Hernandez, C. Marquez, G. Fragoso, E. Garcia, R. M. Parkhouse, L. J. Harrison, E. Sciutto, and A. Fleury. 2006. Subarachnoidal and intraventricular human neurocysticercosis: application of an antigen detection assay for the diagnosis and follow-up. Trop. Med. Int. Health 11:943-950.
3. Carpio, A., A. Escobar, and W. A. Hauser. 1998. Cysticercosis and epilepsy: a critical review. Epilepsia 39:1025-1040.
4. Chapman, A., V. Vallejo, K. G. Mossie, D. Ortiz, N. Agabian, and A. Flisser. 1995. Isolation and characterization of species-specific DNA probes from Taenia solium and Taenia saginata and their use in an egg detection assay. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:1283-1288.
5. Chung, J. Y., Y. Y. Bahk, S. Huh, S. Y. Kang, Y. Kong, and S. Y. Cho. 1999. A recombinant 10-kDa protein of Taenia solium metacestodes specific to active neurocysticercosis. J. Infect. Dis. 180:1307-1315.
6. Corona, T., D. Pascoe, D. Gonzalez-Barranco, P. Abad, L. Landa, and B. Estanol. 1986. Anticysticercous antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with cerebral cysticercosis. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 49: 1044-1049.
7. Deckers, N., and P. Dorny. 2010. Immunodiagnosis of Taenia solium taeniosis/ cysticercosis. Trends Parasitol. 26:137-144.
8. DeGiorgio, C., S. Pietsch-Escueta, V. Tsang, G. Corral-Leyva, L. Ng, M. T. Medina, S. Astudillo, N. Padilla, P. Leyva, L. Martinez, J. Noh, M. Levine, R. del Villasenor, and F. Sorvillo. 2005. Sero-prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis and Taenia solium taeniasis in California, U. S. A. Acta Neurol. Scand. 111:84-88.
9. Del Brutto, O. H., V. Rajshekhar, A. C. White, Jr., V. C. Tsang, T. E. Nash, O. M. Takayanagui, P. M. Schantz, C. A. Evans, A. Flisser, D. Correa, D. Botero, J. C. Allan, E. Sarti, A. E. Gonzalez, R. H. Gilman, and H. H. Garcia. 2001. Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis. Neurology 57:177-183.
10. Dorny, P., J. Brandt, A. Zoli, and S. Geerts. 2003. Immunodiagnostic tools for human and porcine cysticercosis. Acta Trop. 87:79-86. (Pubitemid 36629486)
11. Ferrer, E., M. M. Cortez, H. Perez, M. De la Rosa, B. A. de Noya, I. D'Avila, L. J. Harrison, M. Foster-Cuevas, R. M. Parkhouse, and A. Cabrera. 2002. Serological evidence for recent exposure to Taenia solium in Venezuelan Amerindians. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 66:170-174.
12. Fleury, A., A. Dessein, P. M. Preux, M. Dumas, G. Tapia, C. Larralde, and E. Sciutto. 2004. Symptomatic human neurocysticercosis - age, sex and exposure factors relating with disease heterogeneity. J. Neurol. 251:830-837. (Pubitemid 39005967)
13. Fleury, A., A. Escobar, G. Fragoso, E. Sciutto, and C. Larralde. 29 January 2010. Clinical heterogeneity of human neurocysticercosis results from complex interactions among parasite, host and environmental factors. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 106:243-250.
14. Fleury, A., T. Gomez, I. Alvarez, D. Meza, M. Huerta, A. Chavarria, R. A. Carrillo Mezo, C. Lloyd, A. Dessein, P. M. Preux, M. Dumas, C. Larralde, E. Sciutto, and G. Fragoso. 2003. High prevalence of calcified silent neurocysticercosis in a rural village of Mexico. Neuroepidemiology 22:139-145.
15. Fleury, A., M. Hernandez, M. Avila, G. Cardenas, R. J. Bobes, M. Huerta, G. Fragoso, L. Uribe-Campero, L. J. Harrison, R. M. Parkhouse, and E. Sciutto. 2007. Detection of HP10 antigen in serum for diagnosis and follow-up of subarachnoidal and intraventricular human neurocysticercosis. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 78:970-974.
16. Fleury, A., M. Hernandez, G. Fragoso, R. M. Parkhouse, L. J. Harrison, and E. Sciutto. 2003. Detection of secreted cysticercal antigen: a useful tool in the diagnosis of inflammatory neurocysticercosis. Trans. R Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 97:542-546.
17. Fleury, A., J. Morales, R. J. Bobes, M. Dumas, O. Yanez, J. Pina, R. Carrillo-Mezo, J. J. Martinez, G. Fragoso, A. Dessein, C. Larralde, and E. Sciutto. 2006. An epidemiological study of familial neurocysticercosis in an endemic Mexican community. Trans. R Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 100:551-558.
18. Flisser, A., E. Sarti, M. Lightowlers, and P. Schantz. 2003. Neurocysticercosis: regional status, epidemiology, impact and control measures in the Americas. Acta Trop. 87:43-51. (Pubitemid 36629483)
19. Garcia, H. H., and O. H. Del Brutto. 2005. Neurocysticercosis: updated concepts about an old disease. Lancet Neurol. 4:653-661.
20. Garcia, H. H., and O. H. Del Brutto. 2000. Taenia solium cysticercosis. Infect. Dis. Clin. North Am. 14:97-119.
21. Garcia, H. H., O. H. Del Brutto, T. E. Nash, A. C. White, Jr., V. C. Tsang, and R. H. Gilman. 2005. New concepts in the diagnosis and management of neurocysticercosis (Taenia solium). Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 72:3-9.
22. Garcia, H. H., R. H. Gilman, M. Catacora, M. Verastegui, A. E. Gonzalez, and V. C. Tsang. 1997. Serologic evolution of neurocysticercosis patients after antiparasitic therapy. Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. J. Infect. Dis. 175:486-489.
23. Garcia, H. H., A. E. Gonzalez, C. A. Evans, and R. H. Gilman. 2003. Taenia solium cysticercosis. Lancet 362:547-556.
24. Harrison, L. J., J. Delgado, and R. M. Parkhouse. 1990. Differential diagnosis of Taenia saginata and Taenia solium with DNA probes. Parasitology 100(Pt. 3):459-461.
25. Hernandez, M., L. M. Gonzalez, A. Fleury, B. Saenz, R. M. Parkhouse, L. J. Harrison, T. Garate, and E. Sciutto. 2008. Neurocysticercosis: detection of Taenia solium DNA in human cerebrospinal fluid using a semi-nested PCR based on HDP2. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 102:317-323.
26. Larralde, C., J. P. Laclette, C. S. Owen, I. Madrazo, M. Sandoval, R. Bojalil, E. Sciutto, L. Contreras, J. Arzate, M. L. Diaz, et al. 1986. Reliable serology of Taenia solium cysticercosis with antigens from cyst vesicular fluid: ELISA and hemagglutination tests. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 35:965-973.
27. Larralde, C., R. M. Montoya, E. Sciutto, M. L. Diaz, T. Govezensky, and E. Coltorti. 1989. Deciphering Western blots of tapeworm antigens (Taenia solium, Echinococcus granulosus, and Taenia crassiceps) reacting with sera from neurocysticercosis and hydatid disease patients. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 40:282-290.
28. Mac, T. L., D. S. Tran, F. Quet, P. Odermatt, P. M. Preux, and C. T. Tan. 2007. Epidemiology, aetiology, and clinical management of epilepsy in Asia: a systematic review. Lancet Neurol. 6:533-543.
29. Mafojane, N. A., C. C. Appleton, R. C. Krecek, L. M. Michael, and A. L. Willingham III. 2003. The current status of neurocysticercosis in Eastern and Southern Africa. Acta Trop. 87:25-33.
30. Nash, T. E., O. H. Del Brutto, J. A. Butman, T. Corona, A. Delgado-Escueta, R. M. Duron, C. A. Evans, R. H. Gilman, A. E. Gonzalez, J. A. Loeb, M. T. Medina, S. Pietsch-Escueta, E. J. Pretell, O. M. Takayanagui, W. Theodore, V. C. Tsang, and H. H. Garcia. 2004. Calcific neurocysticercosis and epileptogenesis. Neurology 62:1934-1938.
31. Osborn, A. G., and M. T. Preece. 2006. Intracranial cysts: radiologic-pathologic correlation and imaging approach. Radiology 239:650-664.
32. Parija, S. C., and A. R. Gireesh. 2009. A serological study of cysticercosis in patients with HIV. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Sao Paulo 51:185-189.
33. Pawlowski, Z., J. Allan, and E. Sarti. 2005. Control of Taenia solium taeniasis/ cysticercosis: from research towards implementation. Int. J. Parasitol. 35:1221-1232.
34. Prabhakaran, V., V. Rajshekhar, K. D. Murrell, and A. Oommen. 2004. Taenia solium metacestode glycoproteins as diagnostic antigens for solitary cysticercus granuloma in Indian patients. Trans. R Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 98:478-484.
35. Preux, P. M., and M. Druet-Cabanac. 2005. Epidemiology and aetiology of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet Neurol. 4:21-31.
36. Rajshekhar, V., D. D. Joshi, N. Q. Doanh, N. van De, and Z. Xiaonong. 2003. Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis in Asia: epidemiology, impact and issues. Acta Trop. 87:53-60.
37. Ramos-Kuri, M., R. M. Montoya, A. Padilla, T. Govezensky, M. L. Diaz, E. Sciutto, J. Sotelo, and C. Larralde. 1992. Immunodiagnosis of neurocysticercosis. Disappointing performance of serology (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) in an unbiased sample of neurological patients. Arch. Neurol. 49:633-636.
38. Scheel, C. M., A. Khan, K. Hancock, H. H. Garcia, A. E. Gonzalez, R. H. Gilman, and V. C. Tsang. 2005. Serodiagnosis of neurocysticercosis using synthetic 8-kD proteins: comparison of assay formats. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 73:771-776.
39. Sciutto, E., G. Fragoso, A. Fleury, J. P. Laclette, J. Sotelo, A. Aluja, L. Vargas, and C. Larralde. 2000. Taenia solium disease in humans and pigs: an ancient parasitosis disease rooted in developing countries and emerging as a major health problem of global dimensions. Microbes Infect. 2:1875-1890.
40. Simac, C., P. Michel, A. Andriantsimahavandy, P. Esterre, and A. Michault. 1995. Use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot for the diagnosis and monitoring of neurocysticercosis. Parasitol. Res. 81:132-136.
41. Tsang, V. C., J. A. Brand, and A. E. Boyer. 1989. An enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay and glycoprotein antigens for diagnosing human cysticercosis (Taenia solium). J. Infect. Dis. 159:50-59.
42. White, A. C., Jr. 1997. Neurocysticercosis: a major cause of neurological disease worldwide. Clin. Infect. Dis. 24:101-113.
43. Wilson, M., R. T. Bryan, J. A. Fried, D. A. Ware, P. M. Schantz, J. B. Pilcher, and V. C. Tsang. 1991. Clinical evaluation of the cysticercosis enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot in patients with neurocysticercosis. J. Infect. Dis. 164:1007-1009.