GenMark’s ePlex Blood Culture Identification (BCID) panels provide the broadest inclusivity of pathogens that cause sepsis and their resistance genes. This and the ease of use of the ePlex system makes ePlex BCID panels the only tests for rapid, routine blood culture identification.
The Sepsis Challenge: Since traditional diagnostic methods can take days to identify the causative agents of sepsis, 20-30% of patients receive ineffective initial antibiotic therapy[1], and it is estimated that for every hour effective antibiotics are delayed, the mortality rate for sepsis increases up to 7.6%[2]. Therefore early identification of the cause of sepsis is critical to ensuring better patient outcomes.
The ePlex BCID Solution: Bacterial and fungal organisms responsible for greater than 95%[3] of blood stream infections and their associated resistance genes can be identified in about 1.5 hours after initial bottle culture, saving critical time to diagnosis.
ePlex BCID saves days compared to conventional methods and is designed to:
Choose the appropriate ePlex BCID Panel based on your Gram stain result:
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Gram-Positive Organisms | Gram-Negative Organisms | Fungal Organisms |
Bacillus cereus group | Acinetobacter baumannii | Candida albicans |
Bacillus subtilis group | Bacteroides fragilis | Candida auris |
Corynebacterium | Citrobacter | Candida dubliniensis |
Cutibacterium acnes | Cronobacter sakazakii | Candida famata |
(Propionibacterium acnes) | Enterobacter (non-cloacae complex) | Candida glabrata |
Enterococcus | Enterobacter cloacae complex | Candida guilliermondii |
Enterococcus faecalis | Escherichia coli | Candida kefyr |
Enterococcus faecium | Fusobacterium nucleatum | Candida krusei |
Lactobacillus | Fusobacterium necrophorum | Candida lusitaniae |
Listeria | Haemophilus influenzae | Candida parapsilosis |
Listeria monocytogenes | Klebsiella oxytoca | Candida tropicalis |
Micrococcus | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Cryptococcus gattii |
Staphylococcus | Morganella morganii | Cryptococcus neoformans |
Staphylococcus aureus | Neisseria meningitides | Fusarium |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | Proteus | Rhodotorula |
Staphylococcus lugdunensis | Proteus mirabilis | |
Streptococcus | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | |
Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) | Salmonella | |
Streptococcus anginosus group | Serratia | |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | Serratia marcescens | |
Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS) | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | |
Resistance Genes | Resistance Genes | |
mecA | CTX-M | |
mecC | KPC | |
vanA | NDM | |
vanB | VIM | |
Pan Targets | IMP | |
Pan Gram-Negative | OXA | |
Pan Candida | Pan Targets | |
Pan Gram-Positive | ||
Pan Candida |
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To learn more about the Blood Culture Identification (BCID) Panels or to schedule a demonstration, contact us at +41.41.229.42 60 or email us.
[1] IDSA: Better Tests Better Care, The Promise of Next Generation Diagnostics.
[2] Kumar, et. al., Crit Care Med 2006 Vol. 34, No. 6
[3] Detection rate is based on panel inclusivity compared to the GenMark prospective clinical trial database and an additional clinical data set (Potula, et. al., (2015) MLO), and is not a sensitivity/performance claim.