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|Podcasts|June 16, 2020
A new paradigm of syndromic testing for meningitis and encephalitis
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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.
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Association of the FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel With Clinical Management
By: Aleisha M Nabower
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
One Year in the Life of a Rapid Syndromic Panel for Meningitis/Encephalitis: A Pediatric Tertiary Care Facility's Experience
By: Samia N Naccache
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