Journal: Critical Care
Article Title: Diagnostic performance of Pneumonia multiplex PCR in critically ill immunocompromised patients
doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05528-y
Figure Lengend Snippet: Incidence of bacteria detected by each of the 2 techniques BFPP mPCR: BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel; CC: conventional culture; CNS: coagulase-negative Staphyloccocus ; PCR: polymerase chain reaction a Streptococcus except S.pneumoniae, S.agalactiae and S.pyogenes
Article Snippet: In this retrospective, single-center study, we analyzed data from critically ill immunocompromised patients admitted for acute respiratory failure requiring invasive ventilation, in whom a respiratory specimen was taken and processed simultaneously by BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia Panel multiplex PCR (BFPPm PCR) and conventional culture (CC).
Techniques: Bacteria, Polymerase Chain Reaction