Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Apr 25;56(5). doi: 10.1128/JCM.01940-17. Print 2018 May.
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.
早期确立感染过程有助于加快对脑膜炎和脑炎的临床管理。FilmArray 脑膜炎/脑炎 (FA-M/E) 检测 panel 可快速检测与免疫功能健全和受损患者的脑炎/脑膜炎相关的潜在病原体。在此,我们对一家三级儿童医院的 FA-M/E panel 进行了为期 1 年的回顾性研究。对 251 名患者的 265 个样本进行了检测。我们发现 87.25%(219/251)为阴性,9.96%(25/251)为病毒分析物阳性,3.19%(8/251)为细菌分析物阳性。在可能的情况下,通过其他检测方法对阳性结果进行了确认;6 个可用的细菌阳性和 20 个可用的病毒阳性中的 4/6 和 17/20 通过回顾性培养或分子检测得到了确认。