Abstract:Background
Respiratory cultures can take up to five days to grow, time that can be crucial in treating patients with serious infections. Newer rapid microbiological identification tests are designed to shorten this delay between specimen collection and test result. The BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel is a multiplex PCR panel that can identify 8 viral, 18 bacterial, and 7 resistance gene targets in one hour. In this study, we aimed to calculate the predictive value of this test and its uti… Show more
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