BioFire FilmArray Blood Culture PCR Interpretation Guide The FilmArray blood culture identification panel (BCID) tests for a comprehensive list of 24 pathogens and 3 antibiotic resistance genes associated with bloodstream infections (Table 1, Table 4) This test uses a PCR-based approach to amplify DNA targets directly from positive blood cultures
INTENDED PURPOSE Bloodstream infections (BSIs) occur when pathogenic organisms (e g , bacteria or yeast) enter the bloodstream and cause disease These infections are commonly identified by the growth of the pathogenic organism in blood culture
BioFire Blood Culture Identification System Fact Sheet BioFire BCID is a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test designed to identify 24 different microorganism targets and three antibiotic resistance genes from positive blood culture bottles
Syndromic Infectious Disease Diagnostics | BioFire Diagnostics The FilmArray BCID Panel is a multiplexed nucleic acid test intended for use with the FilmArray Instrument for the simultaneous qualitative detection and identification of multiple bacterial and fungal nucleic acids in positive blood culture samples