Delayed Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis Misdiagnosed as Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Encephalitis With the FilmArray Syndromic Polymerase Chain Reaction Panel
2016; Oxford University Press; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/ofid/ofw245
ISSN2328-8957
AutoresCarlos A. Gómez, Benjamin A. Pinsky, Anne Liu, Niaz Banaei,
Tópico(s)Virology and Viral Diseases
ResumoThe FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis (ME) panel is a novel syndromic, nucleic acid amplification test for diagnosis of acute meningitis and encephalitis. Emerging data on its performance are concerning for false-positive results. We present a case of tuberculous meningitis misdiagnosed as herpes simplex virus-1 encephalitis with the FilmArray ME panel. Strategies to mitigate erroneous results are discussed.
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