False Negative Escherichia coli Result from the BioFire FilmArray Blood Culture Identification 2 Panel

J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Nov 16;60(11):e0233921. doi: 10.1128/jcm.02339-21. Epub 2022 Oct 10.

Authors

Andrew Fox-Lewis¹, Jing Wang², Hugo Strydom², Jackie Wright², Susan Claire Morpeth¹, Susan Taylor¹

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology Department, Middlemore Hospitalgrid.415534.2, Auckland, New Zealand.
² Enteric Reference Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR), Wallaceville, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.

No abstract available

Keywords: BCID2; BioFire; FilmArray; PCR; blood culture; diagnostics; species identification.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Blood Culture
Escherichia coli / genetics
Escherichia coli Infections* / diagnosis
Gastroenteritis*
Humans
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction