Utility of FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis panel during outbreak of brainstem encephalitis caused by enterovirus in catalonia in 2016

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 336-338

  Launes, Cristian ^a,b,c   Casas Alba, Didac ^a   Fortuny, Claudia ^a,b,c   Valero Rello, Ana ^a   Cabrerizo, Maria ^d   Muñoz Almagro, Carmen ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Deu   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebrospinal fluid; Encephalitis; Enterovirus; Multiplex PCR; Rapid diagnostics

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

BRAINSTEM ENCEPHALITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FILMARRAY MENINGITIS ENCEPHALITIS PANEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LATENCY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN;

EID: 85008352832     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01931-16     Document Type: Letter

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