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BioFire Joint Infection (JI) Panel PCR

Collection Requirements

Source: synovial fluid

Container: sterile syringe or cup

Volume: 500 uL

Turn Around Time

24-48 hours

Availability

Routine

Includes

Gram-Positive Bacteria: Anaerococcus prevotii/vaginalis, Clostridium perfringens, Cutibacterium avidum/granulosum, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Finegoldia magna, Parvimonas micra, Peptoniphilus, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Streptococcus spp., Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B), Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A).

Gram-Negative Bacteria: Bacteroides fragilis, Citrobacter, Enterobacter cloacae complex, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Kingella kingae, Klebsiella aerogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae group, Morganella morganii, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Proteus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp., Serratia marcescens

Yeast: Candida, and Candida albicans

Antimicrobial resistance genes: CTX-M, IMP, KPC, mecA/C and MREJ (MRSA), NDM, OXA-48-like, vanA/B, and VIM.

Lab Processing Instructions

Specimen: synovial fluid

Refrigerate

Performing Laboratory

Adele Hall

Adele Hall Lab Section

Microbiology

Instrumentation/Methodology

BioFire

Reference Ranges

Not detected

CPT

87999