FEE: Filmarray Blood Culture Identification

General Information

Lab Name
FEE: Filmarray Blood Culture Identification
Lab Code
ADBCBF
Description

The BioFire Blood Culture Identification 2 panel is performed reflexively on a positive blood culture. It is a PCR test that will identify 43 targets.

Resistance markers: Carbapenemases: IMP, KPC, OXA-48-like, NDM, VIM; Colistin resistance: mcr-1; ESBL: CTX-M; Methicillin Resistance: mecA/C, mecA/C and MREJ; Vancomycin resistance: vanA/B

Gram-negative Bacteria: Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex, B. fragilis, Enterobacterales: Enterobacter cloacae complex, E. coli, K. aerogenes, K. oxytoca, K. pneumoniae group, Proteus spp., Serratia marcescens; Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

Gram-positive bacteria: Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus spp., S. aureus, S. epidermidis, S. lugdunensis, Streptococcus spp., S. agalactiae, S.pyogenes, S. pneumoniae.

Yeast: C. albicans, C. auris, C. glabrata, C. krusei, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis, Cryptococcus (C. neoformans/ C. gatti)

Synonyms
BCID2, BioFire, Blood, PCR
Components

Interpretation

Method

PCR

Reference Range

Ordering & Collection

Specimen Type
Positive blood culture
Collection

This test is a reflex test added to a positive blood culture.

Processing

Receiving Instructions
Misc Sendout

Performance

Lab Department
Microbiology(MC)
Frequency
Test run when blood culture bottle is gram stain positive.
Available STAT?
No
Performing Location(s)
HMC Microbiology
206-744-5858

325 9th Ave, Rm # GWH-47, Seattle, WA 98104-2420

UW-MT Microbiology
206-520-4600

Clinical Lab, Room # NW177,
University of Washington Medical Center,
1959 NE Pacific street, Seattle, WA 98195

Billing & Coding

CPT Codes
87154