Journal: Epidemiology and Infection
Article Title: Impact of the Film Array Meningitis/Encephalitis panel in adults with meningitis and encephalitis in Colombia
doi: 10.1017/S0950268820001648
Figure Lengend Snippet: Lengths of stay, mortality, time to appropriate therapy and diagnostic work up between Standard of Care (SOC) and Film Array Meningitis Encephalitis (FAME) groups
Article Snippet: The Biofire® Film Array Meningitis Encephalitis (FAME) panel is a multiplex PCR tool that utilises a sample of 200 μl of CSF to identify in 1 h the presence of 14 pathogens ( Escherichia coli K1 , Haemophilus influenzae , Listeria monocytogenes , Neisseria meningitidis , Streptococcus agalactiae , S. pneumoniae , cytomegalovirus (CMV) , enterovirus (EV) , herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) , herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) , human herpes virus 6 (HHSV-6) , human parechovirus (HPeV) , varicella zoster (VZV) , Cryptococcus neoformans / C. gattii ) that was approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) since 2015.
Techniques: Diagnostic Assay, Computed Tomography