Avtor/Urednik     Tomažič, J; Ihan, A; Strle, F; Cimperman, J; Stare, J; Matičič, M; Zakotnik, B
Naslov     Immunological differentiation between tickborne encephalitis with and without concomitant neuroborreliosis
Tip     članek
Vir     Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
Vol. in št.     Letnik 16, št. 12
Leto izdaje     1997
Obseg     str. 920-3
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     Cerebrospinal fluid lymphocyte subsets in patients with tickborne encephalitis (TBE) and in patients with TBE with concomitant neuroborreliosis (double infection) were analysed by flow cytometry. Inthe TBE group, higher percentages of CD4+DR+ T cells (p = 0.02) and CD25+ T cells (p = 0.0002) were observed, while in the group with double infection, higher percentages of CD19+cells (p = 0.007), CD8+DR- T cells (p = 0.04), and CD3+CD71+ T cells (p = 0.0002) were found. It was concluded that several differences in immune cell parameters are present between the two groups of patients. Three variables (CD19+ cells, CD3+CD25+ T cells, CD3+CD71+ T cells) were included in the logistic regression model for calculation of probability for double infection. Flow cytometric characterisation of lymphocyte subsets in CSF can further substantiate the diagnosis of concomitant neuroborreliosis in patients with TBE.
Deskriptorji     LYME DISEASE
BORRELIA BURGDORFERI
ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE
ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
LYMPHOCYTE COUNT
T-LYMPHOCYTES
LOGISTIC MODELS