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Published on: May 24, 2024
Rapid identification of microorganisms from sterile body fluids by use of FilmArray
Osman Altun1, Mohammed Almuhayawi2, Måns Ullberg1
1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
We evaluated the clinical performance of the FilmArray blood culture identification (BCID) panel in the identification of microorganisms from positive blood culture bottles inoculated with sterile body fluids. All organisms included in the FA BCID panel were accurately identified in 84/84 (100%) and 18/24 (75%) samples with mono- and polymicrobial growth, respectively.
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