FEE: Filmarray Blood Culture Identification

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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

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.

Handling Instructions

Processing

Processing

Performance

LIS Dept Code
Microbiology (MC)
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

Frequency
Test run when blood culture bottle is gram stain positive.
Available STAT?
No

Billing & Coding

CPT codes
87154
LOINC