FilmArray® Meningoencephalitis panel in the diagnosis of central nervous system infections: stewardship and cost analysis in a paediatric hospital in Chile

Table 4 CSF positivity according to age group

	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	p value^a
< 6 months, n	195	64
Positivity, n (%)	5 (2.6%)	18 (28.1%)	< 0.001
Participants with altered CSF, n (%)	42 (21.5%)	27 (42.2%)	0.005
Positivity in altered CSF, n (%)	4 (9.5%)	11 (40.7%)	0.002
≥ 6 months	102	48
Positivity, n (%)	6 (5.9%)	10 (20.8%)	0.006
Participants with altered CSF, n (%)	34 (33.3%)	26 (54.2)	0.034
Positivity in altered CSF, n (%)	3 (8.8%)	6 (23.1%)	0.125

^achi-square test; Italics: relative frequencies referred to the previous category in bold; in bold significant p values

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