Otlu, BarışBayındır, YaşarÖzdemir, Fatihİnce, VolkanÇuğlan, SongülHopoğlu, MuratYakupoğulları, YusufKızılkaya, CanaKuzucu, ÇiğdemIşık, BurakYılmaz, Sezai2017-11-082017-11-082015Otlu, B., Bayındır, Y., Özdemir, F., İnce, V., Çuğlan, S., Hopoğlu, M., … Yılmaz, S. (2015). Rapid Detection Of Bloodstream Pathogens İn Liver Transplantation Patients With Filmarray Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays Comparison With Conventional Methods. Transplantation Proceedings, 47(6), 1926–1932.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26293075https://hdl.handle.net/11616/7835Transplantation ProceedingsBackground. Bloodstream infection (BSI) is an important concern in transplant patients. Early intervention with appropriate antimicrobial therapy is critical to better clinical outcome; however, there is significant delay when conventional identification methods are used. Methods. We aimed to determine the diagnostic performance of the FilmArray BloodCulture Identification Panel, a recently approved multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay detecting 24 BSI pathogens and 3 resistance genes, in comparison with the performances of conventional identification methods in liver transplant (LT) patients. A total of 52 defined sepsis episodes (signal-positive by blood culture systems) from 45 LT patients were prospectively studied. Results. The FilmArray successfully identified 37 of 39 (94.8%) bacterial and 3 of 3 (100%) yeast pathogens in a total of 42 samples with microbial growth, failing to detect only 2 of 39 (5.1%) bacterial pathogens that were not covered by the test panel. The FilmArray could also detect additional pathogens in 3 samples that had been reported as having monomicrobial growth, and it could detect Acinetobacter baumannii in 2 samples suspected of skin flora contamination. The remaining 8 blood cultures showing a positive signal but yielding no growth were also negative by this assay. Results of MecA, KPC, and VanA/B gene detection were in high accordance. The FilmArray produced results with significantly shorter turnaround times (1.33 versus 36.2, 23.6, and 19.5 h; P < .05) than standard identification methods, Vitek II, and Vitek MS, respectively. Conclusions. This study showed that the FilmArray appeared as a reliable alternative diagnostic method with the potential to mitigate problems with protracted diagnosis of the BSI pathogens in LT patients.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle4761926193210.1016/j.transproceed.2015.02.025