Clinical Performance of the Novel GenMark Dx ePlex® Blood Culture ID Gram-Positive Panel
Recommended Citation
Carroll KC, Reid JL, Thornberg A, Whitfield NN, Trainor D, Lewis S, Wakefield T, Davis TE, Church KG, Samuel L, Mills R, Jim P, Young S, and Nolte FS. Clinical Performance of the Novel GenMark Dx ePlex(R) Blood Culture ID Gram-Positive Panel. J Clin Microbiol 2020.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-29-2020
Publication Title
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Rapid identification from positive blood cultures is standard of care (SOC) in many clinical microbiology laboratories. The GenMark Dx ePlex® Blood Culture ID Gram Positive (BCID-GP) Panel is a multiplex nucleic acid amplification assay based on competitive DNA hybridization and electrochemical detection using eSensor® technology. This multicenter study compared the Investigational Use Only (IUO) BCID-GP Panel to comparator methods for identification of 20 gram-positive bacteria, four antimicrobial resistance genes, and both Pan
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten microbiology laboratories throughout the USA collected residual, de-identified positive blood culture samples for analysis. Five laboratories tested both clinical and contrived samples with the BCID-GP Panel. Comparator identification methods included each laboratory's SOC, which included MALDI-TOF MS and automated identification systems, and targeted PCR/qPCR with bidirectional sequencing.
RESULTS: A total of 2,342 evaluable samples (1,777 clinical, 565 contrived) were tested with the BCID-GP Panel. The overall sample accuracy for on-panel organisms was 89% before discordant resolution. For pathogenic gram-positive targets (
CONCLUSION: The ePlex BCID-GP Panel compares favorably to SOC and targeted molecular methods for the identification of twenty gram-positive pathogens and four antimicrobial resistance genes in positive blood culture bottles. This panel detects a broad range of pathogens and mixed infections with yeast and gram-negative organisms from the same positive blood culture bottle.
PubMed ID
31996444
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
