Utility of FilmArrayⓇ ME panel for prompt Neisseria meningitidis detection in non-cerebrospinal fluid samples– A case report. Issue 1 (January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: García-Clemente, Paloma; Menéndez-Suso, Juan José; Falces-Romero, Iker; Escosa-García, Luis; Schüffelmann, Cristina; Cendejas-Bueno, Emilio
• Is Part Of: Journal of infection. Volume 80:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 121
• Page End: 142
• Publication Date: 2020-01
• Subjects: FilmarrayⓇ ME panel -- Neisseria meningitidis -- Offlabel usefulness; Infection -- Periodicals; Bacterial Infections -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2019.10.016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0163-4453

Abstract

Abstract: The FilmArray Ⓡ Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel detects the 14 most frequent pathogens causing meningitis and/or encephalitis. The use of FilmArray ME with non-validated samples is seldom published in the literature. We describe the case of a 3-year-old child, diagnosed with acute meningoencephalitis, in whom the FilmArray Ⓡ ME technique successfully identified Neisseria meningitidis in both skin biopsy and whole blood samples.