Table 3.

Commercially available molecular assays for Cryptococcus spp.

Assay	Manufacturer	Method	Target	Samples
Cryptococcus neoformans real-TM	Sacace, Como, Italy	Real-time PCR	Unknown	CSF, BALF, sputum, blood, skin lesions aspirate, viscera biopsy and autopsy material
BioFire® FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel & Blood Culture Identification (BCID) Panel	bioMérieux, Marcy-l’Étoile, France	Integrated extraction and amplification with multiplex PCR and high-resolution melt analysis	Unknown	CSF, blood
Multiplex Tandem PCR (MT-PCR) CSF and Atypical Pneumonia panels	AusDiagnostics Pty Ltd., Mascot, NSW, Australia	Multiplex PCR	Unknown	CSF, swabs, sputum, BALF, tissue, nasopharyngeal aspirate

BALF: bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid.