Intrathecal Th17- and B cell-associated cytokine and chemokine responses in relation to clinical outcome in Lyme neuroborreliosis: a large retrospective study

Table 5 Number of patients with CXCL13 levels in CSF over 142 and 250 pg/mL, respectively, in the four study groups

	Group 1 Definite LNB n = 49	Group 2 Possible LNB pleocytosis n = 14	Group 3 Possible LNB Ab⁺ n = 14	Group 4 Non-LNB patients n = 88
>142 pg/mL n (%)	43 (88)	10 (71)	0 (0)	1 (1)
>250 pg/mL n (%)	42 (86)	9 (64)	0 (0)	0 (0)

Pleocytosis: >5 mononuclear cells/mL CSF
CSF cerebrospinal fluid, LNB Lyme neuroborreliosis, n number of patients, Ab ⁺ antibody

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