Evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray respiratory panel and the GenMark eSensor respiratory viral panel on lower respiratory tract specimens

Phyllis Ruggiero; Tracy McMillen; Yi-Wei Tang; N Esther Babady

doi:10.1128/JCM.02787-13

Evaluation of the BioFire FilmArray respiratory panel and the GenMark eSensor respiratory viral panel on lower respiratory tract specimens

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jan;52(1):288-90. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02787-13. Epub 2013 Oct 16.

Authors

Phyllis Ruggiero¹, Tracy McMillen, Yi-Wei Tang, N Esther Babady

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.

Abstract

We evaluated the performance characteristics of the FilmArray respiratory panel and the eSensor respiratory viral panel on clinical and spiked lower respiratory tract specimens (LRTS). The overall agreement between the two methods was 89.5% (51/57). The lower limit of detection of both assays for all targets in LRTS was comparable to that for nasopharyngeal swab specimens.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
Respiratory Tract Infections / diagnosis*
Respiratory Tract Infections / virology
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Virology / methods*
Virus Diseases / diagnosis*
Virus Diseases / virology
Viruses / classification*
Viruses / isolation & purification*