ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Assessment of the Impact of a Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel on Hospital Length of Stay: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and healthcare burden of inappropriate antimicrobial treatment in patients at high risk of complications from acute respiratory infections: a scoping review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Group A Streptococcal meningitis in children: a short case series and systematic review.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2024Pooled it
- Antibiotic use in children with suspected CNS infection in the molecular diagnostic era: a cohort study of 1198 children.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2026Article
- Enhancing meningitis diagnosis: a diagnostic stewardship workflow in a resource-limited setting.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Optimized use of the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis panel for early discontinuation of antibiotic therapy.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Nationwide Trends in Hospitalizations and Clinical Outcomes for Meningitis and Encephalitis: A 10-year Swiss Population-based Study.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
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- Implementation of the BIOFIRE Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel: A Mixed-Methods Implementation Study in a Nonmetropolitan Tertiary Hospital.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Impact of the BioFire FilmArray Meningitis-Encephalitis Panel on Management of Suspected Paediatric Central Nervous System Infections: A Single-Centre Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2026Article
- Beyond Accuracy: Methodological Advances for Assessing the Clinical Impact of Infectious Disease Diagnostics.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Observational quality control study: insourcing multi-PCR-impact on the use of anti-infectives for patients with pleocytosis.Neurological research and practice · 2025Article
- Comparison of positive BioFire FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis (ME) panels, CSF cultures, CSF parameters, clinical presentation and in-patient mortality among patients with bacterial and fungal meningitis.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Impact of a cerebrospinal fluid diagnostic stewardship intervention on quantity of tests, length of stay, antibiotic prescriptions, and cost.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Article
- Molecular diagnostics in cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of central nervous system infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Review
- Evolving strategies in microbe identification-a comprehensive review of biochemical, MALDI-TOF MS and molecular testing methods.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2024Review
- Comment on Cuesta et al. An Assessment of a New Rapid Multiplex PCR Assay for the Diagnosis of Meningoencephalitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Varicella-zoster Virus Meningitis Besides Bacterial Otitis.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2024Article
- An Assessment of a New Rapid Multiplex PCR Assay for the Diagnosis of Meningoencephalitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A multicenter evaluation of the QIAstat-Dx meningitis-encephalitis syndromic test kit as compared to the conventional diagnostic microbiology workflow.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2024Article
- The impact of the FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis panel on empiric antibiotic prescriptions in patients with suspected community-acquired meningitis.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Meningitis and encephalitis are central nervous system infections with considerable morbidity and mortality. The BioFire
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