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. 2020 Aug;62(8):920-925.
doi: 10.1111/ped.14244. Epub 2020 Jul 19.

Utility of enzyme immunoassays for diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Hajime Maeda  1 , Koichi Hashimoto  1 , Kyohei Miyazaki  1 , Shuto Kanno  1 , Hayato Go  1 , Kazuhide Suyama  1 , Masatoki Sato  1 , Yukihiko Kawasaki  1   2 , Mitsuaki Hosoya  1
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Utility of enzyme immunoassays for diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Hajime Maeda et al. Pediatr Int. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Background: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive neurologic disorder caused by the measles virus (MV) and is identified by positive MV-specific antibody titers, detected mainly by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) tests in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). However, an alternative method, the enzyme immunoassay (EIA), has increasingly become a preferred method for detecting MV antibodies. To establish the index for SSPE diagnosis using EIA, we investigated the correlation between HI and EIA titers of MV antibodies in SSPE patients.

Methods: Data on MV antibody titers and measurement methods at the time of diagnosis in 89 Japanese SSPE cases diagnosed between 1979 and 2006 were obtained by a survey. We also assessed the serum and CSF MV antibody titers in three patients with SSPE and serum MV antibody titers in 38 healthy adults using immunoglobulin G (IgG)-EIA and HI.

Results: In all cases diagnosed as SSPE, IgG-EIA titers in the CSF were ≥0.49 IU/mL. There was a positive correlation between serum antibody values in the controls measured by IgG-EIA and HI. In patients with SSPE, both serum and CSF antibody values, measured by IgG-EIA, and HI, were positively correlated, and a positive correlation was found between the serum and CSF MV antibody titers as measured by IgG-EIA. The serum/CSF MV antibody titer ratios determined by IgG-EIA were <20 in most SSPE patients.

Conclusions: Immunoglobulin G-EIA may be a suitable alternative method for SSPE diagnosis; however, its potential utility and the cut-off point of ≥0.49 IU/mL should be tested with additional patient cohorts.

Keywords: diagnosis; enzyme immunoassay; measles; specific antibody; subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

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