Performance of the FilmArray Blood culture identification panel in positive blood culture bottles and cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of sepsis and meningitis

Performance of the FilmArray Blood culture identification panel in positive blood culture bottles and cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of sepsis and meningitis

Sepsis and meningitis are life threatening medical conditions. Culture-based methods are used for identification of the causative pathogens, but they can be improved by implementation of additional test systems. We evaluated the performance of the novel FilmArray blood culture identification (BCID;...

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Main Authors: Leitner, Eva, Hoenigl, Martin, Wagner, Bernadette, Krause, Robert, Feierl, Gebhard, Grisold, Andrea J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2016-09-01
Series:GMS Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
FilmArray
blood culture
cerebrospinal fluid
multiplex PCR
sepsis
meningitis
rapid identification
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/id/2016-4/id000024.shtml

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