Table 1 FilmArray® panel compared to the routine laboratory-based PCR and non-PCR methods
Control | Intervention | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Pathogen | Routine PCR | Serology/culture | FilmArray® |
Adenovirus | ✓ | – | ✓ |
Coronavirus HKU1, NL63, 229E, OC43 | Not tested | – | ✓ |
Human metapneumovirus | ✓ | – | ✓ |
Human rhinovirus/ enterovirus | ✓ | – | ✓ |
Influenza A virus | ✓ | – | ✓ |
Influenza A virus H1 | ✓ | – | ✓ |
Influenza A virus H3 | ✓ | – | ✓ |
Influenza A virus H1–2009 | ✓ | – | ✓ |
Influenza B virus | ✓ | – | ✓ |
Parainfluenza virus 1,2,3 | ✓ | – | ✓ |
Parainfluenza virus 4 | Not tested | – | ✓ |
Respiratory syncytial virus | Subgroups A/B | – | ✓ |
Bordetella pertussis | Not tested | Culture | ✓ |
Chlamydia pneumoniae | Not tested | Complement Fixation test (CFT) | ✓ |
Mycoplasma pneumoniae | Not tested | Complement Fixation test (CFT) | ✓ |