| Literature DB >> 29540454 |
Samia N Naccache1, Maryann Lustestica1, Margil Fahit1, Javier Mestas1, Jennifer Dien Bard2,3.
Abstract
Early establishment of infectious processes allows for expedited clinical management of meningitis and encephalitis. The FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis (FA-M/E) panel provides rapid detection of potential pathogens associated with encephalitis/meningitis in both immunocompetent and compromised patients. Here, we conducted a 1-year review of the performance of the FA-M/E panel at a tertiary care children's hospital. Two hundred sixty-five samples from 251 patients were tested. We found 87.25% (219/251) were negative, 9.96% (25/251) were positive for viral analytes, and 3.19% (8/251) were positive for bacterial analytes. When possible, positive results were confirmed by alternate testing; 4/6 available bacterial positives and 17/20 available viral positives were confirmed by retrospective culture or molecular testing.Entities:
Keywords: FilmArray; encephalitis; meningitis; pediatric; syndromic panel
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29540454 PMCID: PMC5925728 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01940-17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948