%0 Journal Article %1 tappe_banding_2009 %A Tappe, Dennis %A Grüner, B %A Kern, P %A Frosch, M %D 2009 %J European Journal of Medical Research %K Blotting, Cross Cysticercosis, Echinococcosis, Humans Reactions, Western, ag_brehm %N 10 %P 451--452 %T Banding pattern indicative of echinococcosis in a commercial cysticercosis Western blot %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19748853 %V 14 %X \textlessAbstractText Label=ÖBJECTIVE" NlmCategory=ÖBJECTIVE"\textgreaterA commercial cysticercosis Western blot was evaluated for serological cross-reactivity of sera from patients with alveolar (AE) and cystic echinococcosis (CE).\textless/AbstractText\textgreater \textlessAbstractText Label="METHODS" NlmCategory="METHODS"\textgreaterA total of 161 sera were examined, including 31 sera from AE-patients, 11 sera from CE- patients, 9 sera from patients with other parasitic diseases and 109 sera from patients with unrelated medical conditions. All AE- and CE-sera were also examined by the echinococcosis Western blot.\textless/AbstractText\textgreater \textlessAbstractText Label="RESULTS" NlmCategory="RESULTS"\textgreaterMore sera from patients with AE than with CE showed cross-reactivity in the form of ladder-like patterns ("Mikado aspect") and untypical bands at 6-8 kDa (71\% and 77.4\% versus 27.3\% and 45.5\%, respectively). In contrast, triplets of bands in the area above 50 kDa and between 24 and 39-42 kDa were more frequent in CE than in AE sera. The fuzzy band at 50-55 kDa typical for cysticercosis was absent in all AE and CE sera.\textless/AbstractText\textgreater \textlessAbstractText Label="CONCLUSIONS" NlmCategory="CONCLUSIONS"\textgreaterAtypical banding patterns in the cysticercosis Western blot should raise the suspicion of a meta?cestode infection different from Taenia solium, i.e. Echinococcus multilocularis or E. granulosus, especially when the Mikado aspect and an altered 6-8 kDa band is visible in the absence of a fuzzy 50-55 kDa band.\textless/AbstractText\textgreater

@article{tappe_banding_2009, abstract = {{{\textless}AbstractText} {Label="OBJECTIVE"} {NlmCategory="OBJECTIVE"{\textgreater}A} commercial cysticercosis Western blot was evaluated for serological cross-reactivity of sera from patients with alveolar {(AE)} and cystic echinococcosis {(CE).{\textless}/AbstractText{\textgreater}} {{\textless}AbstractText} {Label="METHODS"} {NlmCategory="METHODS"{\textgreater}A} total of 161 sera were examined, including 31 sera from {AE-patients,} 11 sera from {CE-} patients, 9 sera from patients with other parasitic diseases and 109 sera from patients with unrelated medical conditions. All {AE-} and {CE-sera} were also examined by the echinococcosis Western {blot.{\textless}/AbstractText{\textgreater}} {{\textless}AbstractText} {Label="RESULTS"} {NlmCategory="RESULTS"{\textgreater}More} sera from patients with {AE} than with {CE} showed cross-reactivity in the form of ladder-like patterns {("Mikado} aspect") and untypical bands at 6-8 {kDa} (71\% and 77.4\% versus 27.3\% and 45.5\%, respectively). In contrast, triplets of bands in the area above 50 {kDa} and between 24 and 39-42 {kDa} were more frequent in {CE} than in {AE} sera. The fuzzy band at 50-55 {kDa} typical for cysticercosis was absent in all {AE} and {CE} {sera.{\textless}/AbstractText{\textgreater}} {{\textless}AbstractText} {Label="CONCLUSIONS"} {NlmCategory="CONCLUSIONS"{\textgreater}Atypical} banding patterns in the cysticercosis Western blot should raise the suspicion of a meta?cestode infection different from Taenia solium, i.e. Echinococcus multilocularis or E. granulosus, especially when the Mikado aspect and an altered 6-8 {kDa} band is visible in the absence of a fuzzy 50-55 {kDa} {band.{\textless}/AbstractText{\textgreater}}}, added-at = {2011-04-07T15:44:20.000+0200}, author = {Tappe, Dennis and Grüner, B and Kern, P and Frosch, M}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29ac259ef4a14c13b51d1bb7a325f8cb0/hymi}, interhash = {55afbae77713e4b65903dc1ce3580f73}, intrahash = {9ac259ef4a14c13b51d1bb7a325f8cb0}, issn = {0949-2321}, journal = {European Journal of Medical Research}, keywords = {Blotting, Cross Cysticercosis, Echinococcosis, Humans Reactions, Western, ag_brehm}, month = sep, note = {{PMID:} 19748853}, number = 10, pages = {451--452}, timestamp = {2011-04-07T16:32:55.000+0200}, title = {Banding pattern indicative of echinococcosis in a commercial cysticercosis Western blot}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19748853}, volume = 14, year = 2009 }