Blood Culture Identification Panel 2 (BioFire)

Message

This test will be reflexed ONLY on blood culture bottles that alert as positive and are deemed positive by staff after a gram stain.

Test Code

BCID2 PCR

Includes

Gram Positive Bacteria:
Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus faecium
Listeria monocytogenes
Staphylococcus spp.
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Streptococcus spp.
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)

Gram Negative Bacteria
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex
Bacteroides fragilis
Haemophilus influenzae
Neisseria meningitidis (encapsulated)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Enterobacterales
Enterobacter cloacae complex
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella aerogenes
Klebsiella oxytoca
Klebsiella pneumoniae group
Proteus spp.
Salmonella spp.

Yeast
Candida albicans
Candida auris
Candida glabrata
Candida krusei
Candida parapsilosis
Candida tropicalis
Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii

Antimicrobial Resistance Genes
CTX-M
IMP
KPC
mcr-1
mecA/C
mecA/C and MREJ (MRSA)
NDM
OXA-48-like
vanA/B
VIM

Preferred Specimen

Blood Culture Bottle. This test will be reflexed ONLY on blood culture bottles that alert as positive and are deemed positive by staff after a gram stain.

Instructions

Refer to blood culture. This test is only reflexed by the laboratory on positivie blood cultures

Transport Container

Blood Culture Bottle

Transport Temperature

Room Temperature

Specimen Stability

At room temperature or in the blood culture system for up to 24 hours after positivity

Methodology
PCR

Setup Schedule

Daily. This test will be reflexed ONLY on blood culture bottles that alert as positive and are deemed positive by staff after a gram stain. Only the initial set(s) will be tested unless the gram stain reveals a different morphology.

Report Available

Within 24 hours of a culture alerting as positive

Performing Laboratory
Test performed in West Roxbury Molecular Microbiology Lab
Contact: Scott Connolly WX 857-203-5954

Last Updated: March 8, 2023

The CPT Codes provided in this document are based on AMA guidelines and are for informational purposes only. CPT coding is the sole responsibility of the billing party. Please direct any questions regarding coding to the payor being billed. Any Profile/panel component may be ordered separately. Reflex tests are performed at an additional charge.