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 3

Comparative results of the two rapid techniques on the 153 blood culture bottles of the study. Success was defined by the capacity to obtain the same result (absence or presence of one or two microorganisms) as that of the reference method (MALDI-TOF MS).

		MALDI-TOF MS at day 0 after a 4-hour culture
		success	failure
FilmArray BCID assay	success	119	21
	failure	3	10