BioFire Diagnostics: White Papers

PCR for pneumonia pathogen identification
Pneumonia patients are frequently overtreated with antibiotics because it is difficult to quickly identify the pathogen responsible for their symptoms. The BioFire Pneumonia...

Syndromic infectious disease testing: the new paradigm
When parents of pediatric patients bring their children into the clinic or emergency room, they understandably want answers as quickly as possible. Since many pathogens can manifest...

PCR for pneumonia pathogen identification
Pneumonia patients are frequently over-treated with antibiotics because it is difficult to quickly identify the pathogen responsible for their symptoms. The BioFire Pneumonia...

Cutting-edge detection of bloodstream infections
The BioFire FilmArray Blood Culture Identification (BCID) Panel tests for a comprehensive set of 24 gram-positive, gram-negative and yeast pathogens, as well as three...

Detect and serve
The BioFire FilmArray Respiratory 2 (RP2) Panel detects 21 pathogen targets in 45 minutes, including 17 viral and four bacterial pathogens. Infectious disease specialist Dr...

Diagnostics for meningitis and encephalitis
Given the similarity in symptomology, it is often difficult to distinguish bacterial and viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) based on clinical presentation alone. As...

Current state of diagnostics for meningitis and encephalitis
Given the similarity in symptomology, it is often difficult to distinguish bacterial and viral infections of the central nervous system based on clinical presentation alone. As a...

Syndromic testing kit leads the way in outbreak containment
Although syndromic testing has been around since the days of Louis Pasteur, its full potential has not been realised until now. Practical Patient Care talks to Wade Stevenson,...

Detection of bacterial agents of gastroenteritis
Infectious diarrhoea affects people of all ages worldwide. To make further progress in treatment, rapid, accurate diagnosis and early, specific therapy are essential. The...


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