Confirmation and follow-up of neurocysticercosis by real-time PCR in cerebrospinal fluid samples of patients living in France.

J Clin Microbiol

Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie, Hôpital Cochin-Port Royal, AP-HP, Université Paris Descartes, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.

Published: December 2011

Neurocysticercosis diagnosis is based on a combination of clinical, epidemiological, radiological, and immunological findings. We describe a real-time PCR assay for the confirmation of neurocysticercosis diagnosis in cerebrospinal fluid. The assay, tested on samples from nine patients living in France and diagnosed with neurocysticercosis, had a detection rate of 83.3% and 100% specificity.

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