Clinical Trial: A New Enzymatic Assay for Rapid Diagnosing of Central Nervous System Enteroviral Infection

Study Status: Withdrawn
Recruit Status: Withdrawn
Study Type: Observational




Official Title: A Comparison Between a New Experimental Enzymatic Assay to Real Time PCR for the Diagnosing of Central Nervous System Enteroviral Infection

Brief Summary: A new enzymatic assay was developed by NMD Diagnostics for rapid diagnosis of Enteroviral CNS infection. This study will compare this assay to RT-PCR, by testing human CSF samples taken from children at the ER who are undergoing a spinal tap due to suspicion of meningitis.