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Knowles WA, Sasnauskas K. Comparison of cell culture-grown JC virus (primary human fetal glial cells and the JCI cell line) and recombinant JCV VP1 as antigen for the detection of anti-JCV antibody by haemagglutination inhibition. J Virol Methods 2003; 109:47-54. [PMID: 12668267 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0934(03)00043-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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JC virus (JCV) is the causative agent of the demyelinating disease progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy (PML), which can be diagnosed by detection in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of both JCV DNA and intrathecally-produced anti-JCV antibody. However, the restricted in-vitro species and cell tropism shown by JCV has made antigen production difficult and limited serological investigations both in PML diagnosis and for JCV epidemiology. In this study antigen prepared as a crude cell lysate of JCV-infected primary human fetal glial (PHFG) cells was compared in a haemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay with antigen produced from the JCV carrier cell line, JCI, and yeast-expressed JCV VP1. Forty-two sera were tested with each antigen and there was a high level of correlation between the assays: 96.5% between the HI assays with PHFG and JCI antigens and 98.1% between the HI assays with PHFG and recombinant VP1 (rVP1) antigens. The JCI antigen gave HI titres 19% lower than the PHFG antigen (P=0.022). Titres with the rVP1 antigen were 2% higher than with the PHFG antigen (P=0.83). When serum/CSF pairs from 11 PML patients were tested, the antibody index calculated in each case confirmed the production of intrathecal anti-JCV antibody. Antibody testing for JCV is no longer reliant on PHFG cells and JCV serological tests should be available more widely.
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- W A Knowles
- Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK.
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Cinque P, Bossolasco S, Lundkvist A. Molecular analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in viral diseases of the central nervous system. J Clin Virol 2003; 26:1-28. [PMID: 12589831 PMCID: PMC7128469 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6532(02)00173-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The use of nucleic acid (NA) amplification techniques has transformed the diagnosis of viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS). Because of their enhanced sensitivity, these methods enable detection of even low amounts of viral genomes in cerebrospinal fluid. Following more than 10 years of experience, the polymerase chain reaction or other NA-based amplification techniques are nowadays performed in most diagnostic laboratories and have become the test of choice for the diagnosis of several viral CNS infections, such as herpes encephalitis, enterovirus meningitis and other viral infections occurring in human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons. Furthermore, they have been useful to establish a viral etiology in neurological syndromes of dubious origin and to recognise unusual or poorly characterised CNS diseases. Quantitative methods have provided a valuable additional tool for clinical management of these diseases, whereas post-amplification techniques have enabled precise genome characterisation. Current efforts are aiming at further improvement of the diagnostic efficiency of molecular techniques, their speed and standardisation, and to reduce the costs. The most relevant NA amplification strategies and clinical applications of to date will be the object of this review.
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- Paola Cinque
- Clinic of Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Hospital, Via Stamira d'Ancona, 20, 20127, Milan, Italy.
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Lu HZ, Bloch KC, Tang YW. Molecular Techniques in the Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Infections. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2002; 4:339-350. [PMID: 12126611 DOI: 10.1007/s11908-002-0027-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Development of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based molecular techniques has initiated a revolution in the field of diagnostic microbiology. These techniques have not only provided rapid, noninvasive detection of microorganisms that cause central nervous system (CNS) infections, but have also demonstrated that several neurologic disorders are linked to infectious agents. While PCR-based techniques are predicted to be widely used in diagnosing and monitoring CNS infections, the limitations, as well as strengths, of these techniques must be clearly understood by both clinicians and laboratory personnel to ensure proper utilization.
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- Hong-Zhou Lu
- A3310 MCN, Division of Infectious Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Pathology, and Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2605, USA.
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Worthley DL, Sandhu A, Norton G. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a confused woman, an ambitious virus and an unusual MRI. Intern Med J 2002; 32:266-7. [PMID: 12036226 DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- D L Worthley
- Department of Medicine, Modbury Public Hospital, South Australia
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a subacute demyelinating disease that occurs in patients with defects in cell-mediated immunity, including those with AIDS and lymphoproliferative disorders. It is caused by reactivation of JC virus (JCV), which infects 70% to 90% of the population by adulthood, but remains latent in normal hosts. Once reactivated, JCV infects oligodendrocytes and astrocytes, with resultant cell lysis, leading to focal areas of demyelination and necrosis in cerebral white matter causing focal neurologic deficits and characteristic findings on MRI. Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of JCV is a sensitive and specific test, replacing brain biopsy as the initial diagnostic test in the appropriate clinical setting. Historically, the prognosis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is poor, with most patients dying within 6 months of diagnosis. Antiviral medications targeted against JCV have shown little success. However, with the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy, survival of AIDS patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy has improved.
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- Anna R. Thorner
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. ,
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Shapiro RA, Mullane KM, Camras L, Flowers C, Sutton S. Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging regression of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in an AIDS patient after intensive antiretroviral therapy. J Neuroimaging 2001; 11:336-9. [PMID: 11462308 DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00060.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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A 36-year-old homosexual man with 6 months of visual symptoms and headaches had right homonymous hemianopia, mild new learning impairment, and alexia with agraphia. The initial brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan was reported consistent with left occipital infarction. Subsequent MRI demonstrated abnormal demyelination in subcortical white matter and deep parieto-occipital white matter bilaterally, but primarily left. Human immunodeficiency virus testing and cerebrospinal fluid polymerase chain reaction for JC virus DNA were both positive, consistent with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) with AIDS. His clinical status steadily deteriorated, and MRI white matter abnormalities worsened despite high-dose antiretroviral therapy. After the antiretroviral regimen was intensified by the addition of a protease inhibitor, rapid clinical and radiographic improvement occurred with subsequent MRI studies revealing only residual left parieto-occipital encephalomalacia. PML in AIDS patients has been associated with a nearly uniformly poor prognosis until recent reports of improved outcomes after highly active antiretroviral therapy. This patient with PML and AIDS similarly showed a robust clinical and MRI response to intensive antiretroviral combination therapy, which has been maintained for more than 3 years.
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- R A Shapiro
- Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, PO Box 5000, Hines, IL 60141, USA.
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Chesky M, Scalco R, Failace L, Read S, Jobim LF. Polymerase chain reaction for the laboratory diagnosis of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 2000; 58:836-42. [PMID: 11018820 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000500008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A protocol for testing cerebrospinal fluid specimens using a range of PCR assays for the diagnosis of central nervous system infection was developed and used to test prospectively 383 specimens. PCR assays were used for the detection of adenovirus, Borrelia burgdorferi, enteroviruses, Epstein Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, human herpes virus type 6, JC virus, Leptospira interrogans, Listeria monocytogenes, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, measles virus, mumps virus, Mycobacterium sp. , Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Toxoplasma gondii and varicella zoster virus. Of the 383 specimens tested in this study, 46 (12.0%) were found to be positive. The microorganisms detected were CMV, enterovirus, Epstein Barr virus, herpes simplex virus, human herpes virus type 6, JC virus, L. monocytogenes, Mycobacterium genus, Toxoplasma gondii and varicella zoster virus. The introduction of the PCR protocol described has improved the diagnosis of a range of central nervous system infections in our laboratory. We believe however that further evaluation of these assays in immunocompromised patients is necessary to better determine the predictive value of positive PCR results in these patient groups.
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- M Chesky
- Immunology Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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Post MJ, Yiannoutsos C, Simpson D, Booss J, Clifford DB, Cohen B, McArthur JC, Hall CD. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in AIDS: are there any MR findings useful to patient management and predictive of patient survival? AIDS Clinical Trials Group, 243 Team. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1999; 20:1896-906. [PMID: 10588116 PMCID: PMC7657792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/1999] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE While MR findings in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) have been described previously, usually in retrospective studies with limited sample size, what has not been well addressed is whether any are predictive of longer survival. Our participation in a large prospective clinical trial of AIDS patients with biopsy-proved PML and MR correlation allowed us to test our hypothesis that certain MR features could be found favorable to patient survival. METHODS The patient cohort derived from a randomized multicenter clinical trial of cytosine arabinoside for PML. Pretreatment T1- and T2-weighted noncontrast images (n = 48) and T1-weighted contrast-enhanced images (n = 45) of 48 HIV-positive patients with a PML tissue diagnosis as well as the follow-up images in 15 patients were reviewed to determine signal abnormalities, lesion location and size, and the presence or absence of mass effect, contrast enhancement, and atrophy, and to ascertain the frequency of these findings. A statistical analysis was performed to determine if any MR abnormalities, either at baseline or at follow-up, were predictive of patient survival. RESULTS No MR abnormalities either on univariate or multivariate analysis significantly correlated with patient survival, with the exception of mass effect, which was significantly associated with shorter survival. The mass effect, however, always minimal, was infrequent (five of 48). More severe degrees of cortical atrophy and ventricular dilatation, lesion location and size, and other MR variables were not predictive of outcome. CONCLUSION Except for mass effect, we found no MR findings predictive of the risk of death in patients with PML. The mass effect, however, was so infrequent and minimal that it was not a useful MR prognostic sign.
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- M J Post
- Department of Radiology, University of Miami School of Medicine, MRI Center, FL 33136, USA
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The central nervous system (CNS) is susceptible to bacterial, viral, and fungal infections, and prion diseases. Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is crucial in diagnosing these infections. Cerebrospinal tests may directly identify an organism and its nucleic acid and surface constituents by culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or antigen detection. Alternatively, antibody to an organism may be identified in CSF by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western blot, or complement fixation assay. This article discusses how these CSF tests are performed and addresses the sensitivity and specificity of such tests for the diagnosis of selected CNS infections.
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- J R Zunt
- Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA.
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Yiannoutsos CT, Major EO, Curfman B, Jensen PN, Gravell M, Hou J, Clifford DB, Hall CD. Relation of JC virus DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid to survival in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with biopsy-proven progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Ann Neurol 1999; 45:816-21. [PMID: 10360779 DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199906)45:6<816::aid-ana21>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The detection and semiquantitation of JC virus (JCV) DNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is prognostic of survival and is a marker of the course of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). CSF samples from 15 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with biopsy-proven PML were analyzed by semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A low JCV burden was predictive of longer survival compared with a high JCV burden (median survival from entry, 24 [2-63] vs 7.6 [4-17] weeks). Further analyses indicated a possible threshold of 50 to 100 copies/microl separating high- and moderate-risk cases. Patients with a JCV load below this level survived longer than those with a JCV load above it.
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- C T Yiannoutsos
- Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115-6017, USA
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Epidemiologic trends causing infections of the nervous system remain a significant source of morbidity and mortality one half-century after the introduction of penicillin. This article outlines common causes of bacterial meningitis, aseptic meningitis syndrome, encephalitis, abscess, spinal cord syndromes, and cranial and peripheral nerve problems. Recommendations for diagnostic evaluation and both empiric and definitive antimicrobial therapy are offered; controversial management issues are also discussed. The protean manifestations of varicella-zoster virus and Lyme diseases are outlined. In addition, special considerations in the immunocompromised host, including organ transplant recipients, cancer patients, and HIV-positive persons are explained, and antimicrobial therapy is discussed.
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- A A Pruitt
- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ferrante P, Omodeo-Zorini E, Caldarelli-Stefano R, Mediati M, Fainardi E, Granieri E, Caputo D. Detection of JC virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid from multiple sclerosis patients. Mult Scler 1998; 4:49-54. [PMID: 9599333 DOI: 10.1177/135245859800400202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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JC virus (JCV), the causative agent of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), has been proposed as a possible aetiopathogenic factor in multiple sclerosis (MS). We performed a study to search the LT region of JCV genome by nested PCR in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) and urine samples collected from 121 MS patients, 24 patients with other neurological disorders (OND), 30 non neurological patients (NND) and in PBMCs and urine of 40 healthy subjects. JCV DNA has been found in the CSF of 11 MS patients (9%) while all the CSFs from the 24 OND and the 30 NND cases were negative. No significant differences have been observed as regard to the frequency of JCV DNA detection in PBMCs and urine between the MS patients and the control groups. Nucleotide sequences analysis of seven JCV CSF isolates showed that five strains were identical the prototypal strain, while the other two had a base mutation (T-->C) in 4286 nucleotide (nt). The finding of JCV DNA in the CSF of MS patients suggest that JCV could play a role in the triggering and/or in the maintenance of MS aetiopathogenic process, and therefore it should be taken in consideration when monitoring this disease.
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- P Ferrante
- Laboratory of Biology, Don C. Gnocchi Foundation, IRCCS (Research Hospital), Milan, Italy
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Bogdanovic G, Priftakis P, Hammarin AL, Söderström M, Samuelson A, Lewensohn-Fuchs I, Dalianis T. Detection of JC virus in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy but not in CSF samples from patients with herpes simplex encephalitis, enteroviral meningitis, or multiple sclerosis. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:1137-8. [PMID: 9542955 PMCID: PMC104707 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.1137-1138.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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JC virus (JCV) DNA was detected in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) but not in CSF samples from patients with herpes simplex encephalitis, enteroviral meningitis, or multiple sclerosis. This suggests that inflammatory processes in the brain do not necessarily reactivate JCV, which further supports the proposal that the presence of JCV DNA in the CSF is diagnostic for PML.
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- G Bogdanovic
- Department of Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology, and Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Cinque P, Giudici B, Bossolasco S. The application of the polymerase chain reaction of cerebrospinal fluid in the clinical management of AIDS-related CNS disorders. AIDS Patient Care STDS 1998; 12:287-94. [PMID: 11361955 DOI: 10.1089/apc.1998.12.287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In AIDS patients central nervous system (CNS) illness may be caused by HIV disease itself or by opportunistic agents, resulting in serious morbidity such as behavioral and motor disturbances, meningitis or encephalitis, among other disorders. Early diagnosis can allow specific treatment (e.g., antimicrobial treatment) that may prevent, ameliorate, or slow the catastrophic sequelae of infection, as well as reduce the need for expensive diagnostic procedures. Conventional microbiology techniques have proven inadequate for the diagnosis of most AIDS-related CNS diseases. However, the development in the past decade of the application of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to clinical specimens has facilitated the early diagnosis of a number of infectious diseases in these patients. The technique permits the amplification of target nucleic acids such that common laboratory methods may then be used for diagnosis. The application of PCR to cerebrospinal fluid for early diagnosis of AIDS-related neurologic complications has been an impressive example of the application of PCR and may form the basis of new algorithms for diagnosis and possibly the evaluation of treatment protocols.
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- P Cinque
- Division of Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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Dörries K, Arendt G, Eggers C, Roggendorf W, Dörries R. Nucleic acid detection as a diagnostic tool in polyomavirus JC induced progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Med Virol 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199803)54:3<196::aid-jmv10>3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cohen BA. NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF HIV INFECTION. Prim Care 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0095-4543(22)00105-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Ferrante P, Caldarelli-Stefano R, Omodeo-Zorini E, Cagni AE, Cocchi L, Suter F, Maserati R. Comprehensive investigation of the presence of JC virus in AIDS patients with and without progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Med Virol 1997; 52:235-42. [PMID: 9210030 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199707)52:3<235::aid-jmv1>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a viral-induced demyelinating disease, is becoming relatively common, while many diagnostic and pathogenetic aspects remain to be clarified. A study was therefore undertaken in 64 AIDS patients suffering from various neurological disorders, including PML (12 subjects), with the specific objective of searching for JC virus (JCV) DNA by nested PCR (n-PCR) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), and urine collected from all patients. CSF examination, CD4 and CD8 counts, neurological examinations, and neuroradiological investigations were undertaken. JCV DNA was detected in 92% of CSF specimens in 75% of the PBMCs and urine samples from the PML patients, whereas among the non-PML patients JCV DNA was not detected in any CSF samples, but was found in 10% of PBMCs and in 39% of the urine specimens. BKV and JCV DNA viruria was observed simultaneously in 6% of the AIDS patients without PML. The routine CSF tests including IgG oligoclonal bands, the Link, and Tourtellotte IgG indexes, did not show a typical pattern in PML cases. The data obtained clearly indicate that the detection of JCV DNA in CSF constitutes an efficient marker for PML diagnosis. The simultaneous presence of JCV DNA in the CSF, PBMCs, and urine samples from the PML patients, who did not differ from controls with regard to their immunosuppressive status, suggests that JCV could be carried into the central nervous system (CNS) by infected PBMCs.
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- P Ferrante
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Milan, Italy
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von Giesen HJ, Neuen-Jacob E, Dörries K, Jablonowski H, Roick H, Arendt G. Diagnostic criteria and clinical procedures in HIV-1 associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Neurol Sci 1997; 147:63-72. [PMID: 9094062 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(96)05311-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The diagnosis of definite progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) has been a neuropathological domain. We reviewed all Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) seropositive patients in our institution between 01.01.1989 and 31.12.1994 and identified 20/823 cases with PML by clinical and imaging criteria. Diagnosis was neuropathologically confirmed in 5 cases. Diagnostic criteria included rapid onset (< 2 weeks) of multifocal neurological signs and symptoms, advanced immunosuppression and asymmetric uni- or multifocal white matter lesions without mass effect, contrast enhancement or cortical atrophy in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The overall incidence of PML was stable over the observation period (approximately equal to 2.5%). The mean age at onset (41.7 years) was significantly lower compared to HIV-1 seronegative PML patients (peak in the sixth decade of life), male patients prevailed (100%). Mean survival (3.9 months) was extremely short. Human polyoma virus JC (JCV) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) demonstrated a considerable rate of possible cerebral co-infection with HIV-1 and JCV as well as subclinical infection with JCV. Therefore demonstration of JCV deoxyribonucleic acid by PCR in the CSF alone is not sufficient for clinical PML diagnosis. We present diagnostic criteria on the basis of epidemiological, neuroradiological and CSF parameters that allow us to make the clinical diagnosis of PML. Although quick and safe, routine stereotactic brain biopsy is not necessary to confirm the diagnosis.
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- H J von Giesen
- Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Federal Republic of Germany.
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Jeffery KJ, Read SJ, Peto TE, Mayon-White RT, Bangham CR. Diagnosis of viral infections of the central nervous system: clinical interpretation of PCR results. Lancet 1997; 349:313-7. [PMID: 9024374 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(96)08107-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Standard laboratory techniques, such as viral culture and serology, provide only circumstantial or retrospective evidence of viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS). We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of PCR of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the diagnosis of viral infections of the CNS. METHODS We examined all the CSF samples that were received at our diagnostic virology laboratory between May, 1994, and May, 1996, by nested PCR for viruses associated with CNS infections in the UK. We collected clinical and laboratory data for 410 patients from Oxford city hospitals (the Oxford cohort) whose CSF was examined between May, 1994, and May, 1995. These patients were classified according to the likelihood of a viral infection of the CNS. We used stratified logistic regression analysis to identify the clinical factors independently associated with a positive PCR result. We calculated likelihood ratios to estimate the clinical usefulness of PCR amplification of CSF. FINDINGS We tested 2233 consecutive CSF samples from 2162 patients. A positive PCR result was obtained in 143 patients, including 22 from the Oxford cohort. Logistic regression analysis of the Oxford cohort showed that fever, a virus-specific rash, and a CSF white-cell count of 5/microL or more were independent predictors of a positive PCR result. The likelihood ratio for a definite diagnosis of viral infection of the CNS in a patient with a positive PCR result, relative to a negative PCR result, was 88.2 (95% CI 20.6-378). The likelihood ratio for a possible diagnosis of viral infection of the CNS in a patient with a negative PCR result, relative to a positive PCR result, was 0.10 (0.03-0.39). INTERPRETATION A patient with a positive PCR result was 88 times as likely to have a definite diagnosis of viral infection of the CNS as a patient with a negative PCR result. A negative PCR result can be used with moderate confidence to rule out a diagnosis of viral infection of the CNS. We believe that PCR will become the first-line diagnostic test for viral meningitis and encephalitis.
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- K J Jeffery
- Public Health Laboratory Service Department of Microbiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Cinque P, Scarpellini P, Vago L, Linde A, Lazzarin A. Diagnosis of central nervous system complications in HIV-infected patients: cerebrospinal fluid analysis by the polymerase chain reaction. AIDS 1997; 11:1-17. [PMID: 9110070 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199701000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Dalsgaard Hansen NJ, Madsen C, Stenager E. Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 1996; 17:393-9. [PMID: 8978445 DOI: 10.1007/bf01997713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy (PML) is a rarely occurring demyelinating disease of the central nervous system caused by a neurotropic papovavirus named JC virus (JCV). The most frequently affected affected regions are the cerebral hemispheres, especially the parietooccipital region, followed by the cerebellum and brain stem. The disease occurs predominantly in individuals with an immunocompromised state and impaired cellular mediated immunity (CMI) due to other underlying illness. More extensive use of irradiation and immunosuppressive therapy in relation to increased transplantational activities as well as treatment of autoimmune diseases and malignancies, in addition to the appearance of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) as a consequence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has caused a considerable increase in the occurrence of PML. The course of the disease is still most often rapidly progressive and fatal, but several cases with prolonged survival and even remission have been reported, and various antiviral treatments have been tried. The only drug that until now has shown favourable results is cytosine arabinoside. In HIV-infected PML-patients immunomodulation with AZT/zidovudine may alleviate the course and improve the prognosis in some patients. Suspicion of PML should lead to an extensive immunological investigation before considering of brain biopsy, which is still the only specific test. On the basis of the increased frequency of PML in relation to HIV-infection, it is likely that our knowledge of the pathogenetic aspects will increase, which, hopefully, may lead to an effective therapeutic strategy.
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Hammarin AL, Bogdanovic G, Svedhem V, Pirskanen R, Morfeldt L, Grandien M. Analysis of PCR as a tool for detection of JC virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:2929-32. [PMID: 8940424 PMCID: PMC229435 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.12.2929-2932.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Two polyomaviruses, JC virus (JCV) and BK virus (BKV), affect humans. JCV is the causative agent of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), and detection of JCV in the central nervous system (CNS) is a prerequisite for confirmation of the disease. BKV is generally not associated with neurological disease, but involvement of BKV in patients with CNS disorders has been reported. In the present study polyomavirus DNA was detected by a nested PCR at a sensitivity corresponding to the detection of 10 copies of JCV DNA in 10 microliters of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF samples from 212 patients with neurological symptoms and immunodeficiencies were investigated for the presence of polyomavirus DNA. Of 128 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, 14 (11%) had JCV DNA in their CSF, and all 14 patients had clinical PML. BKV DNA was detected in one HIV-infected patient with neurological symptoms not compatible with PML. Among 84 HIV-negative patients, 6 (7%) had detectable JCV DNA in their CSF, confirming PML in patients with clinical conditions of T-cell lymphoma, chronic lymphatic leukemia, status postliver transplantation, congenital immunodeficiency, sarcoidosis, and immunodeficiency of unknown origin. The specificity of the PCR was confirmed by a clinical follow-up study which showed full agreement between the detection of JCV DNA in CSF and clinically manifest PML. The described PCR is a rapid, reproducible, and easily performed assay.
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- A L Hammarin
- Department of Virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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de Luca A, Cingolani A, Linzalone A, Ammassari A, Murri R, Giancola ML, Maiuro G, Antinori A. Improved detection of JC virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of AIDS-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:1343-6. [PMID: 8727938 PMCID: PMC229017 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1343-1346.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Several methods to increase the sensitivity of JC virus (JCV) DNA detection in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for a noninvasive diagnosis of AIDS-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) were investigated. When CSF collected at clinical presentation was tested, JCV DNA was detected in 8 of 19 patients with PML by standard PCR (sensitivity, 42%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 21 to 66%) and in 14 of 19 by nested PCR (sensitivity, 74% [95% CI, 49 to 90%]; P = 0.014 [McNemar's test]. For multiple serial CSF samples, standard PCR yielded JCV DNA for 11 of 19 PML patients (sensitivity, 58% [95% CI, 34 to 79%]) and nested PCR yielded JCV DNA for 17 of 19 patients (sensitivity, 90% [95% CI, 66 to 98%]; P = 0.014). The majority of the false-negative samples were found to contain PCR inhibitors. Standard PCR did not detect JCV DNA in CSF from any of the 83 AIDS patients with other diagnosis (100% specificity [95% CI, 95 to 100%]); JCV DNA was found in CSF from one control patient by nested PCR (99% specificity [95% CI, 93 to 100%]).
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- A de Luca
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University, Rome Italy
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Agostini HT, Ryschkewitsch CF, Stoner GL. Genotype profile of human polyomavirus JC excreted in urine of immunocompetent individuals. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:159-64. [PMID: 8748293 PMCID: PMC228750 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.159-164.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The human polyomavirus JC (JCV) causes the central demyelinating disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in about 5% of AIDS patients. To characterize the type profile of JCV in a control population in the United States, 54 females (10 to 79 years of age; average age, 43.4 years) and 51 males (18 to 94 years of age; average age, 47.9 years) were examined for the excretion of different genotypes of JCV in their urine by PCR followed by direct cycle sequencing. The group consisted of 89 patients of a general medical clinic in addition to 16 healthy volunteers. The overall incidence of JC viruria was 43 of 105 (40.9%) subjects, with a marked increase for those subjects above the age of 30 years. Two men were found to excrete two different types of JCV at the same time, indicating double infections. Of the three different genotypes of JCV identified to date, type 1 strains (European) were the most common in this cohort (64% of total strains) followed by type 2 (East Asian) (18%). No type 3 (East African) strains were detected. Indirect evidence for the existence of JCV type 3 was found in seven individuals (16%) in the form of a type 1/3 recombinant (also called type 4). In addition, a single example of JCV which differs from types 1, 2, and 3 and may represent a phylogenetically older type (type 5) was found in a 59-year-old African-American. Delineation of sequence variations between JCV types is essential for the design of primers for sensitive PCR with clinical samples.
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- H T Agostini
- Laboratory of Experimental Neuropathology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4126, USA
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