Utility of the BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel Using Bronchial Washing Specimens: A Comparative Study with Conventional Culture
Sungjin Jo, Sei Won Kim, Jung Ok Kim, Sang-hyun Shin, Sehee Kim, Heayon Lee, Chang Dong Yeo, Sang Haak Lee, In Young Yoo, Yeon-Joon Park · 2025
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Sungjin Jo and co-authors wrote a 2025 paper on a rapid test panel for pneumonia germs. Finding the right germ quickly lets doctors pick the right antibiotic and spare the rest. The usual deep lung wash is effective but invasive. A simpler rinse of the airways is gentler, yet proof for using it with fast gene panels was thin.
The team tested one hundred ninety rinse samples from adults with suspected pneumonia at a Seoul hospital. Each sample ran on the rapid panel and on classic culture side by side. The panel found germs in about fifty-one percent of samples, against forty-two percent for culture. Similar checks like this can widen the use of fast panels to gentler sampling.
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| CREATOR | Sungjin Jo, Sei Won Kim, Jung Ok Kim, Sang-hyun Shin, Sehee Kim, Heayon Lee, Chang Dong Yeo, Sang Haak Lee, In Young Yoo, Yeon-Joon Park |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |