Research Article

Gender Differences in Childhood Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Table 1

Numbers of positive and negative microbiological tests in 142 children with Lyme neuroborreliosis.

NumberCSF
bacterial culture
BB antibodiesBB antibody indexHSV1
CSF-PCR
Enterovirus
CSF-PCR
VZV
CSF-PCR
M. pneumoniae
CSF-PCR
M. pneumoniae
CF test
EBV-antibodyCMV antibody

LNB1420/142139/391/440/340/260/140/220/540/370/39
Confirmed NB910/9191/091/00/210/160/100/160/380/270/30
Probable NB510/5148/30/440/130/100/40/60/160/100/9

Positive/negative tests. LNB: Lyme neuroborreliosis, CSF: cerebrospinal fluid, BB: Borrelia burgdorferi, HSV1: herpes simplex virus type 1, PCR: polymerase chain reaction, VZV: varicella zoster virus, M. pneumoniae: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, EBV: Epstein-Barr virus, CMV: cytomegalovirus, and CF: complement fixation.