ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Comparison of a Point-of-Care FilmArray Test to Standard-of-Care Microbiology Test in Diagnosis of Healthcare Associated Infections in a Tertiary Care Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
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- Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026.Intensive care medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Implementation of multiplex PCR-based blood culture identification among hospitalized pediatric patients at a tertiary care center.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Respiratory infectious diseases in intensive care units’ patients during 2024, in two hospitals in Guayaquil, EcuadorBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2026Observational
- No culture? No problem: Clinical utility and pitfalls of non-culture diagnostics for pneumococcal parapneumonic effusions.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Use of the BIOFIREBMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Detecting Respiratory Pathogens for Diagnosing Lower Respiratory Tract Infections at the Point of Care: Challenges and Opportunities.Biosensors · 2025Review
- The Role and Value of Professional Rapid Testing of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) in Europe: A Special Focus on the Czech Republic, Poland, and Romania.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Impact of Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Test in Patients With Meningitis or Encephalitis.Open forum infectious diseases · 2023Article
- The diagnostic utility of microscopic quality assessment of sputum samples in the era of rapid syndromic PCR testing.Microbiology spectrum · 2023Article
- Impact of Nested Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in the management of pediatric patients with acute respiratory tract infections: a single center experience.Le infezioni in medicina · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundRapid and accurate identification of healthcare associated pathogens is crucial for early diagnosis and treatment of infections. This study aimed to assess the performance of a point-of-care multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in diagnosis of pathogens and their antibiotic resistance genes in bloodstream infections, pneumonia and meningitis/encephalitis in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
methodsA retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on pediatric patients diagnosed with healthcare associated infections at Alexandria University PICU, Egypt. A total of 111 samples from 98 patients were subjected simultaneously to standard-of-care microbiology testing (SOCMT) and molecular testing by BioFire multiplex PCR.
resultsIn comparison to SOCMT, the BioFire FilmArray
conclusionsThe results of the current study confirm the utility of the BioFire FilmArray
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