A positive enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay result for a patient without evidence of cysticercosis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) has been considered diagnostic of cysticercosis when the results are positive. We describe a patient with a single band at 50 kDa on EITB and neuroimaging abnormalities suggestive of neurocysticercosis but no evidence of exposure to Taenium solium. Autopsy findings excluded neurocysticercosis. We suggest that a single band at 50 kDa on an EITB be considered an equivocal finding rather than diagnostic of cysticercosis.
Medical subject headings
- Cysticercosis
- Immunoblotting