A Retrospective Cohort Study of a Newly Proposed Criteria for Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Patients and Case Definition
2.2. Study Design
2.3. Calculation of Sensitivity and Specificity
2.4. Data on Biomarkers and Screening of PRNP Gene
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Diagnosis by the Japanese Prion Disease Surveillance Committee
3.2. Diagnosis According to WHO and Hermann’s Criteria
3.3. The Sensitivity and Specificity of Hermann’s Criteria Were Comparable to the WHO Criteria
3.4. The Period from Onset to Probable Diagnosis
3.5. Hermann’s Criteria Have a Specificity as High as the WHO Criteria After Exclusion Diagnosis
3.6. The False-Negative Cases and Biomarkers
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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JPDSC Diagnosis | ||
JPDSC diagnosis | Number | |
Definite case | 55 | |
Probable case | 419 | |
Possible case | 118 | |
Unknown | 48 | |
Non-prion disease | 146 | |
Amount | 786 | |
The WHO and Hermann’s criteria | ||
Diagnosis | WHO | Hermann |
Definite case | 55 | 55 |
Probable case | 448 | 572 |
Possible case | 14 | 3 |
Case which did not meet the criteria | 269 | 156 |
Amount | 786 | 786 |
Probable Case Group (JPDSC Diagnosis) | 419 | ||||
WHO criteria | Probable case | 404 | Hermann’s criteria | Probable case | 416 |
Possible case | 1 | Possible case | 0 | ||
Case which did not meet the WHO criteria | 14 a | Case which did not meet Hermann’s criteria | 3 a | ||
Non-prion disease group (JPDSC diagnosis) | 146 | ||||
WHO criteria | Probable case | 3 b | Hermann’s criteria | Probable case | 5 b |
Possible case | 2 | Possible case | 2 | ||
Case which did not meet the WHO criteria | 141 | Case which did not meet Hermann’s criteria | 139 |
Case | Age/Sex | False Positive | Biomarkers | Exclusion Diagnosis | Exclusion Diagnosis | Clinical Diagnosis | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WHO | Hermann’s | DWI | PSWCs | 14-3-3 | QuIC | Improvement of Symptoms | Improvement of DWI | Response for Steroid Therapy | Pathophysiology of Brain Disorder | Pathology | ||||
1 | 73/M | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | N.A. | Impossible | Non-convulsive status epilepticus |
2 | 71/M | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | N.A. | Impossible | Encephalitis |
3 | 74/F | + | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | N.A. | Impossible | Neurodegenerative disease (frontotemporal lobar degeneration), |
hypoxemia | ||||||||||||||
4 | 50/M | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | N.A. | Impossible | Alcohol-related disorder (alcohol-related ataxia) or | |
neurodegenerative disease (spinocerebellar degeneration) suspected | ||||||||||||||
5 | 65/M | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | N.A. | Impossible | Encephalopathy | |
6 | 45/M | + w/o | + w/o | − | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | Ruled out | Possible | Non-prion disease, neuropathological |
pathologically | ||||||||||||||
7 | 70/F | + w/o | + w/o | + | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | N.A. | Possible | Status epilepticus, neurodegenerative disease (corticobasal degeneration) |
8 | 85/F | + w/o | + w/o | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + | N.A. | Possible | Multiple brain metastases from lung cancer, hydrocephalus |
9 | 88/F | + w/o | + w/o | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | Ruled out | Possible | Brain infarction (basal ganglia), Parkinson’s disease |
pathologically | ||||||||||||||
10 | 52/F | + w/o | + w/o | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | N.A. | Possible | Alcohol-related disorder |
11 | 45/M | + w/o | + w/o | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | − | N.A. | Possible | Alcohol-related disorder (alcohol-related encephalopathy) |
12 | 81/F | + w/o | − | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | N.A. | Possible | Autoimmune encephalitis (anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis) | |
13 | 62/F | + w/o | − | − | + | − | − | − | − | + | N.A. | Possible | Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, | |
systemic lupus erythematosus | ||||||||||||||
14 | 46/M | + w/o | + | − | + | − | − | − | − | + | N.A. | Possible | Postconvulsive encephalopathy, folic acid deficiency | |
15 | 70/M | + w/o | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | N.A. | Possible | Drug-induced parkinsonism, | |
epilepsy (CSE, post convulsive status encephalopathy), hypoxemia | ||||||||||||||
16 | 71/F | + w/o | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | N.A. | Possible | Autoimmune encephalitis | |
17 | 39/M | + w/o | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | N.A. | Possible | Postconvulsive encephalopathy | |
18 | 51/F | + w/o | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | N.A. | Possible | Autoimmune encephalitis | |
19 | 75/M | + w/o | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | N.A. | Possible | Paraneoplastic syndrome | |
20 | 65/M | + w/o | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | N.A. | Possible | Hashimoto’s encephalopathy | |
21 | 83/M | + w/o | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | N.A. | Possible | Autoimmune encephalitis | |
22 | 30/F | + w/o | + | − | − | − | + | − | + | − | N.A. | Possible | Autoimmune encephalitis (anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis) | |
23 | 72/M | + w/o | + | − | − | − | + | − | − | − | N.A. | Possible | Dementia due to other causes |
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Nonaka, T.; Ae, R.; Kosami, K.; Tange, H.; Kaneko, M.; Nakagaki, T.; Hamaguchi, T.; Sanjo, N.; Nakamura, Y.; Kitamoto, T.; et al. A Retrospective Cohort Study of a Newly Proposed Criteria for Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 2424. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14212424
Nonaka T, Ae R, Kosami K, Tange H, Kaneko M, Nakagaki T, Hamaguchi T, Sanjo N, Nakamura Y, Kitamoto T, et al. A Retrospective Cohort Study of a Newly Proposed Criteria for Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease. Diagnostics. 2024; 14(21):2424. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14212424
Chicago/Turabian StyleNonaka, Toshiaki, Ryusuke Ae, Koki Kosami, Hiroya Tange, Miho Kaneko, Takehiro Nakagaki, Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi, Nobuo Sanjo, Yoshikazu Nakamura, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, and et al. 2024. "A Retrospective Cohort Study of a Newly Proposed Criteria for Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease" Diagnostics 14, no. 21: 2424. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14212424
APA StyleNonaka, T., Ae, R., Kosami, K., Tange, H., Kaneko, M., Nakagaki, T., Hamaguchi, T., Sanjo, N., Nakamura, Y., Kitamoto, T., Kuroiwa, Y., Kasuga, K., Doyu, M., Tanaka, F., Abe, K., Murayama, S., Yabe, I., Mochizuki, H., Matsushita, T., ... Nishida, N. (2024). A Retrospective Cohort Study of a Newly Proposed Criteria for Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease. Diagnostics, 14(21), 2424. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14212424