A retrospective observational study of 1000 consecutive patients tested with the FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis panel: clinical diagnosis at discharge and microbiological findings

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 4015 - 9
• Main Authors: Sunnerhagen, Torgny, Widén, Johan, Handhal, Sahar, Özkaya Şahin, Gülşen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 18.02.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326/107; 692/308/409; 692/699/255; 692/700/139/1420; Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Clinical Laboratory Medicine; Clinical Medicine; Cranial nerves; Diagnosis; E coli; Encephalitis; Escherichia coli; Haemophilus influenzae; Herpes simplex; Herpes viruses; Humanities and Social Sciences; Infectious diseases; Infectious Medicine; Infektionsmedicin; Inflammation; Klinisk laboratoriemedicin; Klinisk medicin; Listeria monocytogenes; Medical and Health Sciences; Medical records; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Meningitis; multidisciplinary; Observational studies; Patients; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seizures; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus infections; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Varicella; Viruses

FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis panel (FAME-p) is used to diagnose central nervous system (CNS) infections. In this study, we investigated performance of FAME-p compared to comparator assays (CA), and for the first time, clinical diagnosis at discharge (CDD). 1000 consecutive patients with a cere...