Table 3.
Comparative results of the two rapid techniques on the 153 blood culture bottles of the study. Success was defined by the capacity to obtain the same result (absence or presence of one or two microorganisms) as that of the reference method (MALDI-TOF MS).
| MALDI-TOF MS at day 0 after a 4-hour culture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| success | failure | ||
| FilmArray BCID assay | success | 119 | 21 |
| failure | 3 | 10 | |