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. 2020 Nov 23;19:419. doi: 10.1186/s12936-020-03476-2

Table 2.

Infectious and autoimmune tests on CSF Microbiological data

Direct microscopic analysis Negative
Culture Negative
FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) panel (bioMérieux, Marcy l’Etoile, France)

 Escherichia coli K1

 Haemophilus influenzae

 Listeria monocytogenes

 Neisseria meningitidis

 Streptococcus agalactiae

 Streptococcus pneumoniae

 Citomegalovirus (CMV)

 Enterovirus

 Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1)

 Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2)

 Human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6)

 Human parechovirus

 Varicella zoster virus (VZV)

 Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Oligoclonal bands Positive (type 3 pattern)

 Autoimmune panel

 Anti-NMDA R

 Anti-VGKC complex: spec. LGI1

 Anti-VGKC complex: spec. CASPR2

 Anti-AMPA 1 R

 Anti-AMPA 2 R

 Anti-GABA B R

 Anti-DPPX R

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative