Lyme neuroborreliosis: warning about the risk of false negative of CSF Borrelia burgdorferi antibody index related to high level of CSF albumin

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;41(8):1151-1153. doi: 10.1007/s10096-022-04471-y. Epub 2022 Jul 5.

Authors

Timothée Klopfenstein¹, Damien Fournier², Vincent Gendrin³, Pauline Garnier⁴, Antoine Grillon⁵, Souheil Zayet³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, Trevenans, France. timothee.klopfenstein@hnfc.fr.
² Bacteriology Department, University Hospital, Besançon, France.
³ Infectious Disease Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, Trevenans, France.
⁴ Bacteriology Department, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, Trevenans, France.
⁵ Lyme Borreliosis French National Reference Center, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.

PMID: 35788833
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-022-04471-y

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Albumins
Antibodies, Bacterial
Borrelia burgdorferi Group*
Borrelia burgdorferi*
Humans
Lyme Disease* / microbiology
Lyme Neuroborreliosis* / diagnosis
Lyme Neuroborreliosis* / microbiology

Substances

Albumins
Antibodies, Bacterial