Severe course of Lyme neuroborreliosis in an HIV-1 positive patient; case report and review of the literature

BMC Neurology

Table 2 Laboratory data from all patients with LNB and HIV reported in literature.

Case no.*	Age	Sex	Yrs HIV	Blood CD4+ count (/μl)*	CSF cell count (/μl)	Protein (g/l)	CT/MRI	Serum Serology	CSF Serology
1	39	M	0	386	30	1,02	nd	IgG +	IgG +
								ELISA/WB	ELISA/WB
2	39	M	1	250	496	3,62	nd	IgM +/IgG -	IgG +
3	50	M	10	70	'aseptic meningitis'		nd	ELISA IgG + (month 4)	ELISA IgG + (month 4)
								WB IgG +	WB IgG +
								IF Negative >4 months
4	46	M	16	426	416	3,02	normal	IgM +/IgG +	IgM +/IgG +
								ELISA/WB	ELISA/WB
5	51	F	11	501	200	1,26	abnormal	IgM -/IgG +	IgM -/IgG +
								ELISA/WB	ELISA/WB

*Case 1[1], 2[2], 3[3], 4[4], 5 this report. Serology was performed by ELISA, Western blot (WB), or indirect immunofluorescence (IF). (nd = not done)* normal range peripheral blood; case 1: 580-1570/μl, case 3: 600-1000/μl, case 5: 560-1490/μl

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