Diagnosis of VO was made if two of the following criteria were present: (1) clinical presentation compatible with VO [ 1] such as fever, back pain or neurological deficits, (2) compatible radiological images [ 11, 12] and (3) identification [ 13] of pathogen by blood culture, needle biopsy or surgical biopsy.
The categories were as follows: Definite TB: A clinical presentation compatible with TB with at least 1 positive culture (from any specimen) for M. tuberculosis with response to anti-TB therapy [20].
Brain and pituitary MRI showed a normal pituitary gland with a mild convexity presentation compatible with the HPGA activation, but no other organic causes for TCPP were detected.
Five of these had a clinical presentation compatible with viral meningitis or encephalitis, while such symptoms were absent in one case (Pat no 2).
Therefore, in the absence of pathological confirmation of disease, it remains possible that many of the remaining carriers of expansions in C9ORF72 with a clinical presentation compatible with AD could actually represent phenocopies of FTLD.
We included 142 consecutive patients with sarcoidosis according to the criteria retained in the Consensus Conference ATS/ERS [ 14], that is, combining clinical, biological and radiological presentation compatible with diagnosis and excluding other granulomatous diseases.
By contrast, stimulus B, which produced reward with flat instantaneous probability, elicited a lower, more tonic rate of licking during stimulus presentation compatible with the more spread-out reward occurrence.
The following criteria were considered to rule in bacterial infection aetiology: presence of a left shift (increase of band forms) in the white cell count, positive blood culture, and history and clinical presentation compatible with a bacterial infection.
Definite ED was defined by evidence of ED on pathology (hooklets, brood capsules, or parasitic degenerative elements), probable ED by positive serology for Echinococcus and possible ED by a clinical presentation compatible with ED but with no corroborative histologic or serologic evidence.
