Differential length of the hospital stay of enterovirus-infected patients according to the diagnostic process. Cohen-BacrieStéphan NinoveLaetitia NougairèdeAntoine CharrelRémi RichetHervé MinodierPhilippe BadiagaSékéné NoëlGuilhem La ScolaBernard de LamballerieXavier DrancourtMichel RaoultDidier 2011 <p>The molecular diagnosis of enterovirus meningitis was performed by the core laboratory in 2005 (laboratory developed real-time PCR assay) and the POC-labs from 2008 to 2010 (GeneXpert® system). The length of stay of infected patients in 2005 was measured <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0022403#pone.0022403-Ninove1" target="_blank">[16]</a> and compared with that of infected patients during the period from 2008 to 2010. Each symbol represents a patient with enterovirus meningitis. Statistical significance was defined as a p value <0.05.</p>