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Table 3 Characteristics of outlier patients with increased pathogen specific AI

From: Antibody indices of infectious pathogens from serum and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Patient

Sex

Age

Psychiatric syndrome

Somatic co-morbidity

AIs

Medication

CSF

Other immuno-logical changes

MRI

EEG

Previous inpatient stays

Course of disease

Pat. (1)

F

End 40

Schizoaffective syndrome ADHD

None

EBV 6.01, HSV 2.53, CMV/ T. gondii not measurable

Haloperidol, quetiapine, diazepam

Inconspicuous

None

Inconspicuous

Inconspicuous

Unknown

Chronic

Pat. (2)

M

Mid 20

Paranoid hallucinatory syndrome Depression

None

EBV 5.61, HSV 1.74, CMV/T. gondii not measurable

Olanzapine, escitalopram

Intrathecal oligoclonal IgG-synthesis (OCBs)

None

Inconspicuous

Inconspicuous

10

Chronic

Pat. (3)

M

Mid 20

Paranoid hallucinatory syndrome

None

HSV 2.39, CMV 1.5, T. gondii 0.68 EBV not measurable

Risperidone

1 identical oligoclonal band (OCB) in CSF and serum (non-specific)

None

Small developmental venous anomaly, otherwise inconspicuous

Inconspicuous

1

First diagnosis

Pat. (4)

F

End 40

Acute polymorphic psychotic disorder

Hyperthyroidism

HSV 2.22, EBV 0.98, CMV/T. gondii not measurable

Olanzapine

Inconspicuous

None

Inconspicuous

Inconspicuous

Unknown

Recurrent

Pat. (5)

F

Mid 20

Paranoid hallucinatory syndrome

Polycystic ovary syndrome, hyperandrogenemia

CMV 2.66, HSV 1.07, EBV 0.60, T. gondii not measurable

Clozapine, aripiprazole

Inconspicuous

None

Enlarged Virchow-Robin spaces

Inconspicuous

Unknown

Chronic

Pat. (6)

F

 ~ 20

Paranoid hallucinatory syndrome

None

CMV 2.54, EBV 1.38, HSV/T. gondii not measurable

Risperidone, promethazine

Inconspicuous

None

Pinealis cyst, small white matter lesion

Intermittend general slowing

None

First diagnosis

  1. All elevated intrathecal pathogen-specific AIs are marked in bold
  2. F female, M male, BBB blood–brain-barrier, OCB oligoclonal bands, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, EBV Epstein–Barr virus, HSV herpes simplex virus, AI antibody index