Comparison of the Fully Automated FilmArray BCID Assay to a 4-Hour Culture Test Coupled to Mass Spectrometry for Day 0 Identification of Microorganisms in Positive Blood Cultures

Table 2

Pathogens identified in the 8 blood culture bottles exhibiting coinfection.

Reference technique (MALDI-TOF MS)	MALDI-TOF; MS at day 0	FilmArray; BCID assay
E. coli / K. oxytoca	K. oxytoca	E. coli / K. oxytoca
E. coli / K. oxytoca	K. oxytoca	E. coli / K. oxytoca
E. coli / K. pneumoniae	E. coli	E. coli / K. pneumoniae
E. coli / K. pneumoniae	E. coli	E. coli / K. pneumoniae
E. coli / E. faecalis	E. faecalis	E. coli / E. faecalis
E. coli / E. hirae	-	E. coli / E. hirae / Streptococcus spp.
S. epidermidis / S. hominis	S. hominis	Staphylococcus spp. (+ mecA gene)
C. albicans / C. krusei	-	C. albicans / C. krusei