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Volume 31, Number 9—September 2025

Research Letter

Subarachnoid Neurocysticercosis Caused by Larval-Stage Taenia crassiceps Tapeworm, Slovenia

Barbara ŠobaComments to Author , Sandra Kolar, Albin Gačnik, Manca Radež, Timotej Petrijan, and Jana Rejc Marko
Author affiliation: Author affiliations: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (B. Šoba, M. Radež); University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia (S. Kolar, A. Gačnik, T. Petrijan, J. Rejc Marko)

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Figure 1

Equivocal results of Cysticercosis Western blot IgG (LDBIO Diagnostics, https://ldbiodiagnostics.com) assay in study of subarachnoid neurocysticercosis caused by larval-stage Taenia crassiceps tapeworm, Slovenia. Results of patient’s serum (A) and cerebrospinal fluid (B) samples show 6–8 kDa band and a weak 12 kDa band. Cysticercosis-specific bands are 6–8 kDa (a), 12 kDa (b), 23–26 kDa (c), 39 kDa (d), and 50–55 kDa (e). The presence of >2 well-defined bands among the 5 mentioned is indicative of neurocysticercosis. E21, patient’s serum; E6, patient’s cerebrospinal fluid; E7 and E22, positive controls.

Figure 1. Equivocal results of Cysticercosis Western blot IgG (LDBIO Diagnostics, https://ldbiodiagnostics.com) assay in study of subarachnoid neurocysticercosis caused by larval-stage Taenia crassiceps tapeworm, Slovenia. Results of patient’s serum (A) and cerebrospinal fluid (B) samples show 6–8 kDa band and a weak 12 kDa band. Cysticercosis-specific bands are 6–8 kDa (a), 12 kDa (b), 23–26 kDa (c), 39 kDa (d), and 50–55 kDa (e). The presence of >2 well-defined bands among the 5 mentioned is indicative of neurocysticercosis. E21, patient’s serum; E6, patient’s cerebrospinal fluid; E7 and E22, positive controls.

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