Usefulness of BioFire FilmArray BCID2 for Blood Culture Processing in Clinical Practice
Author(s) -
Benjamin Berinson,
Anna Both,
Laura Berneking,
Martin Christner,
Marc Lütgehetmann,
Martin Aepfelbacher,
Holger Rohde
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00543-21
Subject(s) - cephalosporin , microbiology and biotechnology , blood culture , gram , pathogen , biology , clinical microbiology , carbapenem , medicine , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics
Rapid pathogen characterization from positive blood cultures (BC) can improve management of patients with bloodstream infections (BSI). The FilmArray blood culture identification (BCID) assay is a molecular test approved for direct identification of BSI causing pathogens from positive BC.
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