title: Rapid identification of pathogens from pediatric blood cultures by use of the FilmArray blood culture identification panel.
abstract: The performance of the FilmArray blood culture identification (BCID) panel has been studied in adult patients. We describe here an evaluation of this assay for the rapid identification of pathogens in Bactec Peds Plus/F and Bactec standard anaerobic/F bottles that contained blood samples from pediatric patients at a tertiary care children's hospital.
authors.affiliation: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA x-zheng@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Xiaotian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Polanco
authors.affiliation: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Stanford
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shulman
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D013997:Time Factors