Table 1

Assessment according to the proposed case definition (n=119)

MABUnderlying disease (as reported)Total numberLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5
NatalizumabMS72 (100%)25 (34.7%)1 (1.4%)1 (1.4%)16 (22.2%)29 (40.3%)
RituximabHaematological malignancies3241918
RA22
Wegener's granulomatosis11
Underlying disease not reported413
Total (rituximab)39 (100%)4 (10.3%)1 (2.6%)10* (25.6%)24 (61.5%)– (0%)
AlemtuzumabB-CLL41*3
EfalizumabPsoriasis312
OfatumumabB-CLL11
Total119 (100%)31 (26.1%)2 (1.7%)12 (10.1%)45 (37.8%)29 (24.4%)
  • * These reports were assessed as level 3 (instead of level 1) solely because the laboratory was not specified in which the PCR for JCV DNA in CSF was performed.

  • B-CLL, B cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; JCV, JC virus; MAB, monoclonal antibody; MS, multiple sclerosis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.