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cord-286065-x0g67pnb	Metzgar, David	The IRIDICA BAC BSI Assay: Rapid, Sensitive and Culture-Independent Identification of Bacteria and Candida in Blood	2016-07-06		.txt	text/plain	5925	240	38	We describe the analytical characteristics of the IRIDICA BAC BSI Assay and compare its pre-clinical performance to current standard-of-care methods in a collection of prospectively collected blood specimens from patients with symptoms of sepsis. During the clinical sample study, performed following the sterility and personal protective equipment recommendations of the manufacturer, 61 negative controls were tested and yielded no Other reportable organisms excluding potential contaminants (n = 550) 0 0 0 207 A These 11 culture-negative, IRIDICA BAC BSI Assay-positive detections were supported by later organism-specific ID data which identified the same species as agents of infection (as noted on the subjects' charts). The broad-spectrum nature of the IRIDICA BAC BSI Assay primers, paired with a signal analysis method capable of sensitive and specific detection and identification of one or more species signatures in samples with high background levels of human DNA, make it uniquely suited as a molecular test for bacterial and Candida DNA in blood samples.	./cache/cord-286065-x0g67pnb.txt	./txt/cord-286065-x0g67pnb.txt