[CXCL-13 as a biomarker in the diagnostics of neuroborreliosis].

CONCLUSION: By increasing the CXCL-13 cut-off level from 20 pg/ml to 200 pg/ml, the diagnostic sensitivity for NB remains 100% and consequently the specificity increases from 69.8% to 92.4%. Moreover, a CXCL-13 cut-off set at 200 pg/ml would exclude NB in the 2 patients with probable NB. We conclude from these results that CXCL-13 represents a valuable biomarker for the exclusion of untreated NB, although with limited specificity. PMID: 28184973 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Der Nervenarzt - February 8, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Waiß C, Kindler W, Ströbele B, Aspöck C, Oberndorfer S Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research