PMID- 24450815 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150722 LR - 20141203 IS - 1469-0691 (Electronic) IS - 1198-743X (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 10 DP - 2014 Oct TI - A novel fluorescence in situ hybridization test for rapid pathogen identification in positive blood cultures. PG - O760-3 LID - 10.1111/1469-0691.12561 [doi] AB - A novel molecular beacon-based fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) test allowing for the identification of a wide range of bacterial pathogens directly in positive blood cultures (BCs) was evaluated with positive BCs of 152 patients. Depending on the Gram stain, either a Gram-negative or a Gram-positive panel was used. The time to result was 30 min, and the hands-on time was only 10 min. Seven per cent of the cultured microorganisms were not included in the FISH panels; the identification rate of those included was 95.2%. Overall, the FISH test enabled accurate pathogen identification in 88.2% of all cases analysed. CI - (c) 2014 The Authors Clinical Microbiology and Infection (c) 2014 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. FAU - Makristathis, A AU - Makristathis A AD - Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Riss, S AU - Riss S FAU - Hirschl, A M AU - Hirschl AM LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140220 PL - England TA - Clin Microbiol Infect JT - Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases JID - 9516420 SB - IM MH - Bacteria/classification/*isolation & purification MH - Blood/*microbiology MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/*methods MH - Molecular Typing MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Sepsis/blood/*diagnosis/microbiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Blood culture OT - fluorescence in situ hybridization OT - identification OT - pathogen EDAT- 2014/01/24 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/23 06:00 CRDT- 2014/01/24 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/12/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/01/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/01/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/23 06:00 [medline] AID - S1198-743X(14)65417-3 [pii] AID - 10.1111/1469-0691.12561 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 Oct;20(10):O760-3. doi: 10.1111/1469-0691.12561. Epub 2014 Feb 20.