Improving the Diagnosis of Meningitis in Emergency Rooms

A point-of-care laboratory (POC) was set at North Hospital, Marseille, France for the diagnosis in less than two hours of meningitis caused by known pathogens, close to the reception of Emergency service. In this instance 30% of patients have no etiological diagnosis after the POC diarrhoea tests . This lab has discovered over 200 new species of bacteria in humans, including vector bacteria and opened the field of large Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA ) viruses. Also, the laboratory of emerging viruses discovered many Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) viruses transmitted by arthropods. Based on this collection of new pathogens described in POC laboratory, this study proposes to expand the etiological diagnosis strategy of meningitis after POC test.

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Key information

Conditions

Meningitis Nervous System Diseases Neuroinflammatory Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille

Marseille, 13354, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patient admitted at hospital for meningitis requiring, for the emergency physician, a microbiological examination with a "POC meningitis kit."
Patient who has freely signed the informed written consent
Patient affiliated to a social security scheme

Exclusion criteria

Pregnant woman, parturient or nursing
Adult patient under guardianship
Patient deprived of liberty under court order
Patient refusing or unable to sign the informed consent form.

Treatment and study plan

Nasopharyngeal Swab

Other

Primary outcomes

Percentage of patients admitted with a meningitis with a confirmed etiological diagnosis

Time frame: 1 day

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2013
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Aug 8, 2016
Registry last updated: Apr 21, 2023

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