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ArticleBMC microbiology2014

Beacon-based (bbFISH®) technology for rapid pathogens identification in blood cultures.

Christina Sakarikou, Martina Parisato, Giuliana Lo Cascio, Carla Fontana

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  3. Direct identification of major Gram-negative pathogens in respiratory specimens by respiFISH® HAP Gram (-) Panel, a beacon-based FISH methodology.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2015
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Christina Sakarikou
Martina Parisato
Giuliana Lo Cascio
Carla FontanaDepartment of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, "Tor Vergata" University of Rome, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy. carla.fontana@uniroma2.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDiagnosis and treatment of bloodstream infections (BSI) are often hampered by the delay in obtaining the final results of blood cultures. Rapid identification of pathogens involved in BSI is of great importance in order to improve survival of septic patients. Beacon-based fluorescent in situ hybridization (hemoFISH® Gram positive and hemoFISH® Gram negative test kits, miacom diagnostics GmbH Düsseldorf, Germany) accelerates the identification of most frequent bacterial pathogens of sepsis.

resultsIn this study a total of 558 blood culture (377 blood culture positive and 181 negative) were tested with the hemoFISH® method and the results were evaluated in comparison with the traditional culture based methods. The overall sensitivity and specificity of the hemoFISH® tests were 94.16% and 100%, while, the PPV and NPV were 100 and 89.16%, respectively. As the hemoFISH® results were obtained within 45 mins, the time difference between the final results of the traditional culture method and the hemoFISH® assay was about two days.

conclusionsConsidering the good sensitivity and specificity of the hemoFISH® assays as well as the significant time saving in obtaining the final results (p-value 0.0001), the introduction of the system could be rialable in the microbiology laboratories, even alongside the traditional systems.

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BloodHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMicrobiological TechniquesMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesSensitivity and SpecificitySepsisTime Factors

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