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BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® ME Panel

BIOFIRE FILMARRAY Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel

The BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Meningitis-Encephalitis (ME) Panel enables rapid and accurate automated testing for common pathogens that cause central nervous system infections, including viruses, bacteria and yeast.

  • Simple: 2 minutes of hands-on time
  • Easy: No precise measuring or pipetting required
  • Fast: Turnaround time of about an hour
  • Comprehensive: Simultaneously tests for 14 targets
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Simple, comprehensive meningitis/encephalitis testing

The BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel tests cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for the 14 most common pathogens responsible for community acquired meningitis or encephalitis including viruses, bacteria and yeast. The Panel received FDA De Novo clearance in October 2015 [2]*. It is designed for use with the integrated BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® system [3], an FDA, CE-IVD, and TGA certified multiplex PCR system.  With sample preparation, amplification, detection and analysis in one automated system, total run time is about an hour, with only 2 minutes of hands-on time.

Meningitis affects more than 1.2 million people and bacterial meningitis causes 120,000 deaths globally each year 1. It often affects healthy people, but environmental factors and immunocompromised conditions (due, for example, to HIV or chemotherapy) are significant risks. Meningitis can cause brain damage, hearing loss, blindness and death. Symptoms can appear suddenly and escalate quickly, so rapid diagnosis is critical to patient outcomes.  Yet, due to overlapping symptoms, rapid identification of the causative agents is not possible based on clinical indications alone.2,3

 

Now, the unique BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® ME Panel is the first system to be able to simultaneously test for 14 targets on a single CSF sample. This provides accurate identification with a rapid one-hour turnaround, helping clinicians to quickly ensure appropriate care. Testing CSF for multiple organisms has previously been problematic because it may be difficult to obtain enough fluid from the patient to run multiple tests4. The BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® ME Panel can contribute to better antimicrobial resistance management [4] by avoiding unnecessary antibiotic use; reducing lengths of hospital stays and decrease costs5.

  • Simple: 2 minutes of hands-on time
  • Easy: No precise measuring or pipetting required
  • Fast: Turnaround time of about an hour
  • Comprehensive: Simultaneously tests for 14 targets

 

The other availabl e panels are:

  • BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® BCID panels [5]
  • BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Respiratory panel [6]
  • BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® GI panel [7]
  • BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Pneumonia plus Panel [8]

14 target pathogens at once

BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® ME Panel targets:

Bacteria Viruses
  • Escherichia coli K1
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Neisseria meningitidis
  • Streptococcus agalactiae
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  • Enterovirus
  • Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1)
  • Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2)
  • Human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6)
  • Human parechovirus
  • Varicella zoster virus (VZV)
 
Yeast
  • Cryptococcus neoformans/gattii

* FDA allows marketing of the first nucleic acid-based test to detect multiple pathogens from a single sample of cerebrospinal fluid [2]. FDA press release, October 8, 2015; CE-mark pending soon

 

References:

1) http://www.comomeningitis.org/news-and-events/world-meningitis-day [9]. Accessed April 3, 2015

2) Bamberger DM. Am Fam Physician. 2010;82:1491-1498.

3) NINDS. Meningitis and Encephalitis Fact Sheet [10]. Updated November 24, 2014. Accessed January 6, 2015.

4) FDA allows marketing of the first nucleic acid-based test to detect multiple pathogens from a single sample of cerebrospinal fluid [2]- FDA press release, October 8, 2015

5) K.M. McNabb et al. Implementation of a Rapid Molecular Meningitis Panel. Poster 2017.  New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Wilmington, North Carolina

Panel Specification

Sample Handling
Performance Parameters
Sample Type: Cerebrospinal Fluid Hands-on time: Approx. 2 minutes
Sample Volume: 200 μL Run turnaround time: About an hour
 
  • Healthcare-associated infections [11]
  • Antimicrobial Resistance Management Solutions [12]

Technical Notes:

  • Guidelines for Laboratory Verification of Performance of the BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel [13]

Instructions for Use and Manuals

  • BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel Instruction Booklet [14]

Product Support Documents:

  • BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel Quick Guide [15]

EC Declarations of conformity:

  • BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Meningitis/Encephalitis (ME) Panel – EC Declaration of Conformity [16]
Press Release FilmArray™
  • 26 January, 2016 BioFire’s FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel gets CE marked [17]
  • 21 January, 2016 BioFire Submits Special 510(k) Application to the FDA for the use of FilmArray® Torch, the New High Throughput FilmArray® System with FilmArray® Respiratory Panel [18]
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[9] http://www.comomeningitis.org/news-and-events/world-meningitis-day
[10] http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/encephalitis_meningitis/detail_encephalitis_meningitis.htm
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