Our analysis shows good performance for the ME panel in diagnosing central nervous system infection. The risk of false-negative HSV-1 results, however, warrants additional testing when encephalitis is suspected. Uncertainties in interpretation of enterovirus and S. pneumoniae results represent other limitations.
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