The application value of Filmarray in children with community acquired pneumonia / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

As a multiplex PCR pathogen detection system, Filmarray has the characteristics of high flux and high positive rate.This paper evaluates the pathogen detection performance, clinical value and economic value of Filmarray in children with community acquired pneumonia.Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid is a good respiratory sample type for Filmarray in pathogen detection.Filmarray respiratory panel(FARP)can be used as one of the supplementary detection methods for pathogens in CAP when the conventional ways is negative.Not only it can provide more pathogenic information of children with severe CAP, but also provide early pathogen warning signals for severe CAP.Furthermore, it may be more suitable for severe CAP or children with severe CAP transformation tendency.Filmarray pneumonia panel(FAPP)provides rapid respiratory pathogen results and drug-resistant gene results to assist in the targeted use of antibiotics in the early stage of severe CAP or when the condition worsens, which is expected to play a certain antibiotic management potential.The results of FARP and FAPP need to be interpreted by doctor based on the clinical characteristics of the children.Confounding factors need to be strictly controlled in the evaluation of different clinical indicators and economic value of the two detection systems.