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.

Association of the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel With Clinical Management

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

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