Clinical utility of the FilmArray® meningitis/encephalitis panel in children with suspected central nervous system infection in a low-resource setting – a prospective study in Southwestern Uganda
The trial was registered with clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03900091) in March 2019, and its protocol was published in November 2020.
Authors
- Dan Nyehangane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1898-4162)
- Yap Boum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6823-8539)
- Deborah Nanjebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5440-7100)
- Stephen Businge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7094-1178)
- Tobias Alfvén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2328-3512)
- Juliet Mwanga‐Amumpaire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6738-477X)
- Reza Rasti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7816-8338)
- Gilbert Akankwasa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4282-7271)
- Elias Kumbakumba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7206-0609)
- Giulia Gaudenzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4923-6965)
- Jesper Gantelius (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2581-1542)
- John Mzee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9932-6953)
- Milly Nassejje (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9964-1814)
- Andreas Mårtensson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7504-8365)
- Phuthumani Mlotshwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-5657)
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Uppsala University Hospital (SE)
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology (UG)
- Science for Life Laboratory (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Holy Innocents Children's Hospital (UG)
- Epicentre Uganda (UG)
- Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital (SE)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10732-w
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.55
Funders
- Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Svenska Läkaresällskapet
- Stockholm läns landsting
- European Research Council
- EIT Health