ArticleAnnals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials2018
Detection of Neisseria meningitidis in a paediatric patient with septic arthritis using multiplexed diagnostic PCR targeting meningitis/encephalitis (ME).
Article in Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Osteoarticular Infections in Immunocompetent Children Due to Atypical, Fastidious or Unusual Bacterial Pathogens: A Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Primary Septic Arthritis of the Hip Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W135 in an Infant.Cureus · 2026Article
- Molecular Diagnosis in Culture-Negative Meningococcal Arthritis: A Case Report and Case-Based Literature Review.Mediterranean journal of rheumatology · 2025Article
- Two Cases of Rare Manifestations Due toMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- An Evaluation of a Syndromic Molecular Panel in Optimising the Microbiological Diagnosis and Antimicrobial Therapy of Suspected Osteoarticular Infections in Paediatric Patients.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the Utility of Multiplex Infectious Disease Panel Testing for Diagnosis of Infection in Different Body Sites: A Joint Report of the Association for Molecular Pathology, American Society for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and Pan American Society for Clinical Virology.The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD · 2023Review
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- Outcomes of implementation of the FilmArray meningoencephalitis panel in a tertiary hospital between 2017 and 2020.PloS one · 2022Observational
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- Assessment of the FilmArray® multiplex PCR system and associated meningitis/encephalitis panel in the diagnostic service of a tertiary hospital.Infection prevention in practice · 2020Article
- Is primary meningococcal arthritis in children more frequent than we expect? Two pediatric case reports revealed by molecular test.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundNeisseria meningitidis is associated with meningitis and septicemia. Septic meningococcal arthritis is relatively uncommon and its diagnosis associated with clinical and microbiological challenges. Early recognition and treatment is required to prevent joint destruction. PURPOSE: We describe a case of an eleven-year-old boy with septic arthritis and the first reported use of a multiplexed diagnostic PCR test, capable of simultaneous rapid detection of 14 pathogens directly from CSF samples, to determine presence of N. meningitides in a synovial fluid sample.
resultsIn this case, blood cultures and an aspiration of the joint fluid were negative for microbial growth, but leucocytes were present. Analysis of samples using the multiplexed FilmArray
conclusionsThis case demonstrates difficulties associated with clinical and microbiological diagnosis of primary septic meningococcal arthritis. We describe the first successful use of the FilmArray
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