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Laboratory evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia plus panel compared to conventional methods for the identification of bacteria in lower respiratory tract specimens: a prospective cross-sectional study from South Africa

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Lower respiratory tract infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality. The global increase in antimicrobial resistance necessitates rapid diagnostic assays. The BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia plus (FAPP) panel is an… Click to show full abstract

Lower respiratory tract infections are important causes of morbidity and mortality. The global increase in antimicrobial resistance necessitates rapid diagnostic assays. The BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia plus (FAPP) panel is an FDA approved multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay that detects the most important etiological agents of pneumonia, and associated antibiotic resistance genes, in approximately one hour. This study assessed the diagnostic performance of this assay by comparing it to conventional culture methods in the analysis of 59 lower respiratory tract specimens. The sensitivity and specificity of the FAPP panel for bacterial detection were 92.0% (95% CI, 80.8% - 97.8%) and 93.8% (95% CI, 91.1% - 95.3%) respectively. For detecting antibiotic resistance, the positive- and negative percent agreement were 100% (95% CI, 81.5% - 100.0%) and 98.5% (95% CI, 216 96.7% - 99.4%) respectively. The FAPP panel was found to be highly accurate in evaluating tracheal aspirate specimens from hospitalised patients.

Keywords: lower respiratory; biofire filmarray; filmarray pneumonia; respiratory tract; panel

Journal Title: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Year Published: 2020

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