ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024
An Assessment of a New Rapid Multiplex PCR Assay for the Diagnosis of Meningoencephalitis.
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- Diagnostic Performance of the QIAstat-Dx Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel: Insights From Seven Clinical Evaluations.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Review
- Real-World Evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray ME Panel: Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Utility.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2026Article
- Trends in Paediatric Viral Meningitis and Encephalitis With Unconfirmed Aetiology: A Spanish Population-Based Study, 2016-2020.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- Novel techniques for the diagnosis of neurological infections.Current opinion in neurology · 2025Review
- Observational quality control study: insourcing multi-PCR-impact on the use of anti-infectives for patients with pleocytosis.Neurological research and practice · 2025Article
- Current methods in the diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Comment on Cuesta et al. An Assessment of a New Rapid Multiplex PCR Assay for the Diagnosis of Meningoencephalitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Reply to Paranhos-Baccalà et al. Comment on "Cuesta et al. An Assessment of a New Rapid Multiplex PCR Assay for the Diagnosis of Meningoencephalitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Stewardship of Molecular Diagnostics in Transplant Viral Infections.Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation SocietyReview
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Abstract
The rapid and broad microbiological diagnosis of meningoencephalitis (ME) has been possible thanks to the development of multiplex PCR tests applied to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We aimed to assess a new multiplex PCR panel (the QIAstat-Dx ME panel), which we compared to conventional diagnostic tools and the Biofire FilmArray ME Panel. The pathogens analyzed using both methods were
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