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. 2020 Oct 10;99(2):115236. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115236

Table 3.

Performance summary of the FilmArray Pneumonia plus panel compared to culture as the reference standard.

Target Cult 1 FA 1
T Pos
Cult 1 FA 0
F Neg
Cult 0 FA 1
F Pos
Cult 0 FA 0
T Neg
FA Sens 95% CI FA Spec 95% CI FA PPV 95% CI FA NPV 95% CI
Bacteria (n) (n) (n) (n) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Acinetobacter baumannii complex 12 1 6 40 92.3 64.0–99.8 87.0 73.7–95.1 66.7 48.3–81.1 97.6 85.8–99.6
Enterobacter cloacae complex 1 0 6 52 100.0 2.5–100.0 89.7 78.8–96.1 14.3 7.2–26.2 100.0
Escherichia coli 4 0 4 51 100.0 39.8–100.0 92.7 82.4–98.0 50.0 28.0–72.0 100.0
Haemophilus influenzae 2 0 6 51 100.0 15.8–100.0 89.5 78.5–96.0 25.0 13.5–41.5 100.0
Klebsiella aerogenes 1 1 0 57 50.0 1.3–98.7 100.0 93.7–100.0 100.0 98.3 93.4–99.6
Klebsiella oxytoca 1 0 1 57 100.0 2.5–100.0 98.3 90.8–100.0 50.0 12.5–87.5 100.0
Klebsiella pneumoniae group 7 1 8 43 87.5 47.3–99.7 84.3 71.4–93.0 46.7 30.5–63.5 46.7 30.5–63.5
Moraxella catarrhalis 0 0 2 57 96.6 88.3–99.6 0.0 100.0
Proteus species 0 0 5 54 91.5 81.3–97.2 0.0 100.0
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 9 0 1 49 100.0 66.4–100.0 98.0 89.4–100.0 90.0 56.4–98.4 100.0
Serratia marcescens 3 0 2 54 100.0 29.2–100.0 96.4 87.7–99.6 60.0 27.8–85.4 100.0
Staphylococcus aureus 6 0 6 47 100.0 54.1–100.0 88.7 77.0–95.7 50.0 32.0–68.0 100.0
Streptococcus agalactiae 0 0 1 58 98.3 90.9–100.0 0.0 100.0
Streptococcus pneumoniae 0 1 3 55 0.0 0.0–97.5 94.8 85.6–98.9 0.0 98.2 98.1–98.3
Streptococcus pyogenes 0 0 1 58 98.3 90.9–100.0 0.0 100.0
Bacteria cumulative 46 4 52 783 92.0 80.8–97.8 93.8 91.9–95.3 46.9 40.2–53.8 99.5 98.7–99.8
T Pos F Neg F Pos T Neg PPA 95% CI NPA 95% CI

Antibiotic Resistance Genes (n) (n) (n) (n) (%) (%) (%) (%)

CTX-M 5 0 2 52 100.0 47.8–100.0 96.3 87.3–99.5
IMP 0 0 0 59 100.0 93.9–100.0
KPC 0 0 0 59 100.0 93.9–100.0
mecA/C and MREJ 1 0 0 58 100.0 2.5–100.0 100.0 93.8–100.0
NDM 7 0 1 51 100.0 59.0–100.0 98.1 89.7–100.0
OXA-48-like 4 0 3 52 100.0 39.8–100.0 94.5 84.9–98.9
VIM 1 0 0 58 100.0 2.5–100.0 100.0 93.8–100.0
ABR genes cumulative 18 0 6 389 100.0 81.5–100.0 98.5 96.7–99.4

Key: Cult = Culture, FA = FilmArray Pneumonia plus panel, T Pos = True positive, F Neg =False negative, F Pos = False positive, T Neg = True negative, Sens = Sensitivity, CI = Confidence interval.

Spec = Specificity, PPV = Positive predictive value, NPV = Negative predictive value, ABR = Antibiotic resistance, PPA = Positive percent agreement, NPA = Negative percent agreement.