• COVID-19
  • Allergies and Infant Formula
  • Pharmacology
  • Telemedicine
  • Drug Pipeline News
  • Influenza
  • Allergy, Immunology, and ENT
  • Autism
  • Cardiology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Endocrinology
  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Gastroenterology
  • Infectious disease
  • Nutrition
  • Neurology
  • Obstetrics-Gynecology & Women's Health
  • Developmental/Behavioral Disorders
  • Practice Improvement
  • Gynecology
  • Respiratory
  • Dermatology
  • Diabetes
  • Mental Health
  • Oncology
  • Psychiatry
  • Animal Allergies
  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Sexual Health
  • Pain

A new paradigm of syndromic testing for meningitis and encephalitis

Podcast

Dr. Jaime Fergie, infectious disease expert and epidemiologist at Driscoll Children’s Hospital of Corpus Christi, Texas, looks at syndromic panels that identify bacterial and viral pathogens as a tool to guide pediatricians in the management and treatment of infections in their young patients, and specifically at a new panel for meningitis and encephalitis that can revolutionize diagnosis of these diseases.

Additional Resources:

Association of the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel With Clinical Management

By: Aleisha M Nabower

Learn More

Impact of Cerebrospinal Fluid Multiplex Assay on Diagnosis and Outcomes of Central Nervous System Infections in Children: A Before and After Cohort Study

By: Matthew P O'Brien

Learn More

One Year in the Life of a Rapid Syndromic Panel for Meningitis/Encephalitis: A Pediatric Tertiary Care Facility's Experience

By: Samia N Naccache

Learn More

Related Videos
Donna Hallas, PhD, CPNP, PPCNP-BC, PMHS, FAANP, FAAN
Scott Ceresnak, MD
Scott Ceresnak, MD
Importance of maternal influenza vaccination recommendations
Reducing HIV reservoirs in neonates with very early antiretroviral therapy | Deborah Persaud, MD
Samantha Olson, MPH
Deborah Persaud, MD
Ari Brown, MD, FAAP | Pediatrician and CEO of 411 Pediatrics; author, baby411 book series; chief medical advisor, Kabrita USA.
© 2024 MJH Life Sciences

All rights reserved.