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RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Specificity and Diagnostic Utility of Cerebrospinal Fluid CXCL13 in Lyme Neuroborreliosis.
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021 May 19
BACKGROUND: Demonstration of intrathecal production of Borrelia-specific antibodies (ITAb) is considered the most specific diagnostic marker of Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB). Limitations include delayed detectability in early infection and continued presence long after successful treatment. Markers of active inflammation-increased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leukocytes, protein, and CXCL13-provide nonspecific markers of active infection. To assess the utility of CSF CXCL13, we measured its concentration in 132 patients with a broad spectrum of neuroinflammatory disorders, including LNB.
METHODS: CSF CXCL13 was measured by immunoassay. Spearman rank correlation test was performed to explore its relationship to conventional markers of neuroinflammation and Borrelia-specific ITAb production.
RESULTS: In non-LNB neuroinflammatory disorders, CSF CXCL13 elevation correlated with CSF immunoglobulin G (IgG) synthesis and leukocyte count. In LNB, CXCL13 concentration was far greater than expected from overall CSF IgG synthesis, and correlated with Borrelia-specific ITAb synthesis. Median CSF CXCL13 concentration in ITAb-positive LNB patients was > 500 times greater than in any other group.
CONCLUSIONS: Intrathecal CXCL13 and IgG production are closely interrelated. CXCL13 is disproportionately increased in "definite LNB," defined as having demonstrable Borrelia-specific ITAb, but not "probable LNB," without ITAb. This disproportionate increase may help identify patients with very early infection or those with active vs treated LNB, or may help to differentiate ITAb-defined active LNB from other neuroinflammatory disorders. However, its reported specificity is closely related to the diagnostic requirement for ITAb. It may add little specificity to the demonstration of a pleocytosis or increased overall or specific IgG production in the CSF.
METHODS: CSF CXCL13 was measured by immunoassay. Spearman rank correlation test was performed to explore its relationship to conventional markers of neuroinflammation and Borrelia-specific ITAb production.
RESULTS: In non-LNB neuroinflammatory disorders, CSF CXCL13 elevation correlated with CSF immunoglobulin G (IgG) synthesis and leukocyte count. In LNB, CXCL13 concentration was far greater than expected from overall CSF IgG synthesis, and correlated with Borrelia-specific ITAb synthesis. Median CSF CXCL13 concentration in ITAb-positive LNB patients was > 500 times greater than in any other group.
CONCLUSIONS: Intrathecal CXCL13 and IgG production are closely interrelated. CXCL13 is disproportionately increased in "definite LNB," defined as having demonstrable Borrelia-specific ITAb, but not "probable LNB," without ITAb. This disproportionate increase may help identify patients with very early infection or those with active vs treated LNB, or may help to differentiate ITAb-defined active LNB from other neuroinflammatory disorders. However, its reported specificity is closely related to the diagnostic requirement for ITAb. It may add little specificity to the demonstration of a pleocytosis or increased overall or specific IgG production in the CSF.
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