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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

An Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Spot Assay Measuring Borrelia burgdorferi B31-Specific Interferon Gamma-Secreting T Cells Cannot Discriminate Active Lyme Neuroborreliosis from Past Lyme Borreliosis: a Prospective Study in the Netherlands.

T van Gorkom, S U C Sankatsing, W Voet, D M Ismail, R H Muilwijk, M Salomons, B J M Vlaminckx, A W J Bossink, D W Notermans, J J M Bouwman and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Laboratory Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2021
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  7. Stimulated Immune Response by TruCultureFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

T van GorkomDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Diakonessenhuis Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
S U C SankatsingDepartment of Internal Medicine, Diakonessenhuis Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
W VoetDepartment of Neurology, Diakonessenhuis Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
D M IsmailDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Diakonessenhuis Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
R H MuilwijkDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Diakonessenhuis Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
M SalomonsDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Diakonessenhuis Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
B J M VlaminckxDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
A W J BossinkDepartment of Pulmonology, Diakonessenhuis Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
D W NotermansLaboratory for Infectious Diseases and laboratory Surveillance, Centre for Infectious Diseases Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
J J M BouwmanDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Diakonessenhuis Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
K KremerLaboratory for Infectious Diseases and laboratory Surveillance, Centre for Infectious Diseases Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
S F T ThijsenDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Diakonessenhuis Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands sthijsen@diakhuis.nl.
Diakonessenhuis hospital · NLNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLSt. Antonius Ziekenhuis · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two-tier serology testing is most frequently used for the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis (LB); however, a positive result is no proof of active disease. To establish a diagnosis of active LB, better diagnostics are needed. Tests investigating the cellular immune system are available, but studies evaluating the utility of these tests on well-defined patient populations are lacking. Therefore, we investigated the utility of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot (ELISpot) assay to diagnose active Lyme neuroborreliosis. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of various study groups were stimulated by using

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Enzyme-Linked Immunospot AssayAdultAntibodies, BacterialBorrelia burgdorferiEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GInterferon-gammaLyme DiseaseLyme NeuroborreliosisMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsProspective StudiesRecombinant ProteinsAntibodies, BacterialImmunoglobulin GInterferon-gammaRecombinant Proteinsactive diseaseantibodiesBorrelia burgdorfericytokinesdiagnosticsELISpotinterferon gammaLyme borreliosisLyme neuroborreliosisT-cell activation

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PMID29367297
PMCPMC5869815
OpenAlexW2792967152

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