Rapid Identification of Candida Species from Positive Blood Cultures by Use of the FilmArray Blood Culture Identification Panel

J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Nov 27;56(12):e01387-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01387-18. Print 2018 Dec.

Authors

Andrew E Simor^{1

2}, Vanessa Porter³, Samira Mubareka^{3

2}, Marc Chouinard³, Kevin Katz^{3

2

4}, Christie Vermeiren^{2

4}, Ramzi Fattouh^{2

5}, Larissa M Matukas^{2

5}, Manal Tadros^{2

5}, Tony Mazzulli^{2

6}, Susan Poutanen^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada Andrew.simor@sunnybrook.ca.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Shared Hospital Laboratory Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Candida albicans; Candida species; blood culture; candidemia; candidiasis; fungemia; molecular diagnostics.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Letter
Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Blood Culture*
Candida / classification
Candida / genetics
Candida / isolation & purification*
Candidiasis / diagnosis*
Candidiasis / microbiology
Early Diagnosis
Humans
Microbiological Techniques / methods*
Sensitivity and Specificity