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    Brain damage markers neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and S100B in serum in children with Lyme neuroborreliosis—detection and evaluation as prognostic biomarkers for clinical outcome

    Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common tick-borne infection in Europe, with Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) its second most frequent clinical manifestation. Prognostic factors for clinical outcomes in LNB have n...

    Sigurdur Arnason, Kesia Molewijk in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2022)

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    Lyme neuroborreliosis in Swedish children—PCR as a complementary diagnostic method for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in cerebrospinal fluid

    The aim of this study was to evaluate polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as a diagnostic method for the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in CSF of Swedish children with LNB. This study was performed retrospect...

    Barbro H. Skogman, Peter Wilhelmsson in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2021)

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    The chemokine CXCL13 in cerebrospinal fluid in children with Lyme neuroborreliosis

    Anti-Borrelia antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are required for definite diagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB). However, children often present with early LNB, and antibody production in the CSF may...

    Anna J. Henningsson, Malin Lager in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2018)