Clinical value of FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis Panel in detecting the etiology of infection in central nervous system / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the value of FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis(ME)Panel in etiological diagnosis of infection in central nervous system(CNS) in Chinese children.Methods:Cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)obtained through lumbar puncture was collected from 145 patients with suspected CNS infection at Shanghai Children′s Medical Center Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine from March 2019 to November 2019.All specimens were cultured simultaneously, which were detected by FilmArray ME Panel, and the results of cerebrospinal fluid culture and FilmArray ME Panel were compared.Results:Among 145 patients with suspected CNS infection, three samples were found to be positive after cerebrospinal fluid culture, and the positive rate was 2.1%(3/145). For the FilmArray ME Panel, 30 specimens were found to be positive, with a positive rate of 20.7%(30/145), and the difference of positive rate between the two methods was statistically significant( χ2=24.927, P<0.05). Among the samples FilmArray ME Panel tested positive with pathogen, 26 specimens were positive with virus making up 17.9%(26/145)and enterovirus(15.2%)was the primary pathogen.In addition, of the 142 specimens cerebrospinal fluid culture negative, 28 samples were tested positive by the FilmArray ME Panel, accounting for 19.7%(28/142). Conclusion:FilmArray ME Panel has the characteristics with high positive rate and could be time-saving.Meanwhile, FilmArray ME Panel has significant advantage in the detection of virus and improves the positive detection rate of virus.