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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Sep 19;74(4):349–355. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.013

Table 1.

Organisms Contained within the Developmental FilmArray BC panel

Organism Gene 1 Gene 2
Gram Positive
Streptococcus pneumoniae lytA rpoB
Streptococcus agalactiae sip
Streptococcus pyogenes speB
Streptococcus spp1 rpoB
Staphylococcus aureus nuc rpoB
Coagulase-negative staphylococci2 rpoB
Enterococcus spp3 rpoB
Listeria monocytogenes rpoB
Gram-Negative
Escherichia coli gyrB ompA
Klebsiella oxytoca gyrB ompA
Klebsiella pneumoniae gyrB ompA
Enterobacter cloacae gyrB ompA
Serratia marcescens gyrB ompA
Enterobacteriaceae4 ompA
Neisseria meningitidis ctrA
Haemophilus influenzae rpoB bexA
Pseudomonas aeruginosa gyrB
Acinetobacter baumanii tusA rpoB
Yeast
Candida albicans ACT
Candida non-albicans5 RPB-1
Antibiotic Resistance
Methicillin mecA
Vancomycin* vanA vanB
Carbapenem blaKPC
*

vanC gene included in panel used for the validation study, but subsequently removed.

1

Streptococcal species included for primer design were: S. pneumoniae, S. parasanguinis, S. anginosus, S. salivarius, S. pyogenes, S. uberis, S. mitis, S. sanguis, S. mutans, S. oralis, S. equinis, S. gordonii, S. gallolyticus

2

Coagulase-negative staphylococci included for primer design were: S. epidermidis, S. hominis, S. haemolyticus, S. capitis, S. saprophyticus, S. warneri, S. xylosus, S. caprae, S. cohnii, S. koosii, S. saccrolyticus, S. nepalensis, S. microti, S. simiae, S. lugdunensis

3

Enterococcal species included for primer design were: E. facaelis, E. faecium, E. casseliflavus, E. durans, E. gallinarum

4

Enterobacteriaceae included for primer design were: E.coli, E. hermannii, E. fergusonii, Shigella sonnei, S. boydii, S. dysenteriae, S.flexneri, C. freundii, Salmonella enterica, S. typhimurium, Enterobacter. aerogenes, E. cloacae, E. sakazaki, Klebsiella. oxytoca, K.pneumoniae, Serratia. marcescens

5

Non-albicans candida included are: C. parapsilosis, C. glabrata, C. tropicalis, C. krusei