title: Rapid identification of microorganisms from sterile body fluids by use of FilmArray.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Altun
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Microbiology, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Almuhayawi
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Måns
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ullberg
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden volkan.ozenci@karolinska.se.
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Özenci
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000382:microbiology*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors