| use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot for the diagnosis and monitoring of neurocysticercosis. | a total of 70 proven cases of neurocysticercosis from la réunion (indian ocean) were studied with enzyme-linked immunoassay (elisa) and immunoelectrotransfer blot (eitb) to detect specific antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (csf). absorbance levels of antibody to crude taenia solium cyst extract as an antigen were compared with eitb banding-pattern and computed tomography-scan results. the eitb analysis of sera and csf from patients with active neurocysticercosis, confirmed with charact ... | 1995 | 7731920 |
| [cysticercosis: a frequent and redoubtable parasitic disease]. | cysticercosis is due to development of the larval form of taenia solium, cysticercus cellulosae in human tissue. it is widespread in developing countries especially in rural areas where it is endemic. larval invasion of the central nervous system constitutes a dreadful complication. the incidence of this worldwide disease is underestimated in french-speaking black africa; the indian ocean region has one of the highest incidences with madagascar reporting a seroprevalence of 18% in 1994. it is es ... | 1995 | 7637616 |
| [diagnosis of cerebral cysticercosis on réunion island by an immuno-enzymological method (elisa): comparison with x-ray computed tomography]. | an immunoenzymologic (elisa) serodiagnosis of cysticercosis is evaluated in 75 encephalic cysticercosis patients whose diagnosis of the disease and its progression in assessed by tomodensitometry. a taenia solium antigen is used. only igg are investigated. the sensibility of serodiagnosis is 85% and specificity 87% when there is a progression of the disease; no difference is noticed in the patients without any progression of the disease and in control normal subjects. this serodiagnosis of cysti ... | 1988 | 3283693 |
| [racemous cysticercosis of the cauda equina and cystic arachnoiditis. apropos of 2 cases]. | central nervous system infection by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, taenia solium is a major public health problem in view of its prevalence. the high incidence of neurocysticercosis in reunion island has been precised by computerized tomography and elisa test. spinal involvement is an uncommon form of cysticercosis, occurring with a frequency of less than 1% in large series. the types of involvement that are most common are subarachnoid cysts which appear as intradural extramedullary mass ... | 1988 | 2849066 |