Infectious meningitis can be caused by viral, bacterial or fungal pathogens. Despite widely
available treatments, many types of infectious meningitis are still associated with significant …

Infectious meningitis may be due to bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal or viral agents.
Diagnosis of meningitis must take into account numerous items of patient history and …

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Infectious meningitis is a medical urgency and rapid detection of the causative pathogen into
the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is mandatory to guide the management of patients. We …

Background Meningitis causes significant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa and limited
diagnostics exist. We evaluated the utility of the BioFire® FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis …

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Internazionali Srl. All rights reserved by reducing death or permanent neurological damage …

Meningitis and encephalitis are potentially life-threatening diseases with a wide array of
infectious, postinfectious, and noninfectious causes. Diagnostic testing is central to …

Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, and Streptococcus pneumoniae are
important causes of meningitis and other infections, and rapid, sensitive, and specific …

Acute bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency, and delays in initiating effective
antimicrobial therapy result in increased morbidity and mortality. Culture-based methods …

Background Meningitis with a negative cerebrospinal (CSF) Gram stain represents a
diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the …