Gaillard Tiphaine, Dupieux-Chabert Céline, Roux Anne-Laure, Tessier Eve, Boutet-Dubois Adeline, Courboules Camille, Corvec Stéphane, Bémer Pascale, Lavigne Jean-Philippe, El Sayed Faten, Marchandin Hélène, Munier Clément, Chanard Emmanuel, Gazzano Vincent, Loiez Caroline, Laurent Frédéric
OBJECTIVES: To assess the performance of the rapid syndromic BioFire® Joint Infection panel (BF-JIP) to detect bacterial and fungal pathogens, as well as antibiotic resistance genes, directly in synovial fluid specimens collected in patients with acute arthritis. METHODS: The study was conducted in six French bacteriological laboratories. To assess the performances of BF-JIP, results were compared with those of synovial fluid 14-day culture, and in case of discrepancy, with those of complementary molecular methods and intraoperative samples...
March 22, 2024: Clinical Microbiology and Infection