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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2021

Prospective case-control study of enterovirus detection differences in children's cerebrospinal fluid between multiplex PCR and real-time RT-PCR assay.

Dianping You, Fang Chen, Jingjie Li, Xianping Zeng, Weijian Wang, Yinghui Guo, Fan Yang, Suzhen Sun, Le Wang

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dianping YouInstitute of Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China.
Fang ChenDepartment of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China.
Jingjie LiDepartment of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China.
Xianping ZengNingbo Health Gene Tech Co.Ltd, Ningbo, China.
Weijian WangNingbo Health Gene Tech Co.Ltd, Ningbo, China.
Yinghui GuoInstitute of Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China.
Fan YangInstitute of Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China.
Suzhen SunDepartment of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China.
Le WangInstitute of Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4167-5640
Hospital of Hebei Province · CNGene Tech (China) · CN

Funding

Medical science research key project of Hebei province 20170402
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundViral encephalitis is common in childhood. It is an acute brain parenchymal inflammation caused by a variety of viral infection, and enterovirus accounts for the majority. Due to atypical clinical manifestations, pathogenic testing is important for assisting clinical diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of the multiplex PCR assay compared with quantitative real-time PCR for enterovirus detection.

methodsA prospective case-control study was performed involving 103 pediatric patients suspected for viral encephalitis and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected and tested for 9 pathogens using multiplex PCR assay during April to November in 2018. In parallel, an aliquot of samples was tested for enterovirus infection by real-time PCR assay.

resultsThere were 85.4% children were confirmed as viral encephalitis on discharge, the remaining ones were diagnosed as other CNS diseases, such as epilepsy. The specificity of the two methods was the same as that of the clinical diagnosis, but the sensitivity and consistency with clinical diagnosis of multiplex PCR were both higher than the real-time PCR. Besides of enterovirus, multiplex PCR could also detect coinfection of enterovirus with Epstein-Barr virus and mumps virus.

conclusionResults of multiplex PCR method are more consistent with the clinical diagnosis and are superior to real-time PCR for detecting enterovirus in CSF.

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Case-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolEncephalitis, ViralEnterovirusEnterovirus InfectionsFemaleHumansMaleMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionProspective StudiesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and Specificitychildrenenterovirusmultiplex PCRreal-time PCR

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