Prospective case‐control study of enterovirus detection differences in children’s cerebrospinal fluid between multiplex PCR and real‐time RT‐PCR assay

摘要

Viral encephalitis is common in childhood. It is an acute brain parenchymal inflammation caused by a variety of viral infection, and enterovirus accounts for the majority. Due to atypical clinical manifestations, pathogenic testing is important for assisting clinical diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of the multiplex PCR assay compared with quantitative real‐time PCR for enterovirus detection.