Diagnosis of neuroschistosomiasis by antibody specificity index and semi-quantitative real-time PCR from cerebrospinal fluid and serum

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART 2, 2014, Pages 309-312

  Härter, Georg ^a   Frickmann, Hagen ^b,c   Zenk, Sebastian ^a   Wichmann, Dominic ^d   Ammann, Bettina ^a   Kern, Peter ^a   Fleischer, Bernhard ^e   Tannich, Egbert ^e   Poppert, Sven ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg   (Germany)

^c ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCLONAL BAND; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CONUS MEDULLARIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DYSESTHESIA; DYSURIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STANDARDIZATION; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DNA, HELMINTH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GERMANY; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 84892992194     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.066142-0     Document Type: Article

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