TY - JOUR AU - Pfefferle, Susanne AU - Christner, Martin AU - Aepfelbacher, Martin AU - Lütgehetmann, Marc AU - Rohde, Holger PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/22 TI - Implementation of the FilmArray ME panel in laboratory routine using a simple sample selection strategy for diagnosis of meningitis and encephalitis JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 170 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Infectious meningitis is a serious disease and patient outcome relies on fast and reliable diagnostics. A syndromic panel testing approach like the FilmArray ME can accelerate diagnosis and therefore decrease the time to pathogen specific therapy. Yet, its clinical utility is controversial, mainly because of a remaining uncertainty in correct interpretation of results, limited data on its performance on clinical specimens and its relatively high costs. The aim of this study was to analyze clinical performance of the assay in a real life setting at a tertiary university hospital using a pragmatic and simple sample selection strategy to reduce the overall cost burden. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4904-4 DO - 10.1186/s12879-020-4904-4 ID - Pfefferle2020 ER -