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Table 5 Studies that evaluated the usefulness of the Unyvero pneumonia cartridge for patients suspected of having lower respiratory tract infections

From: Usefulness of point-of-care multiplex PCR to rapidly identify pathogens responsible for ventilator-associated pneumonia and their resistance to antibiotics: an observational study

Author, year [ref]

Study design

Population

Test

Specimen type

N specimens/N patients

Pathogen identification

Concordant resistance identification

Concordance*

Se/Sp

Schulte, 2014 [8]

Prospective observational, fresh samples

Adults with suspected HAP/VAP

Unyvero P50

BALF, ETA, sputum

739/NR

NR

70.6%/95.2%

Jamal, 2014 [6]

Prospective observational, fresh samples

Children and adults with suspected HAP/VAP

Unyvero P50

BALF, ETA, sputum

49/49

23/49 (47%)

NR

NR

Kunze, 2015 [7]

Prospective observational, fresh samples

Adults with suspected HAP

Unyvero P50

ETA, NPTA

40/40

18/40 (45%)

75%/43%

Personne, 2016 [9]

Prospective observational, fresh samples

Adults with suspected pneumonia

Unyvero P50

NR

90/NR

59/90 (66%)

95.7%/32.6%

75.6%

Papan, 2018 [10]

Prospective observational, fresh samples

Children and neonates with suspected pneumonia

Unyvero P50

BALF, ETA, pleural fluid

79/79

48/80 (60%)

73.1%/97.8%

75%

Gadsby, 2019 [11]

Prospective observational, frozen samples

Adults with suspected VAP, CAP or HAP

Unyvero P55

BALF

74/74

57/99 (57.5%)

56.9%/58.5%

121/166 (72.9%)

This study

Prospective observational, fresh samples

Adults with suspected VAP and bacteria in BALF

Unyvero P55 and HPN

BALF

93/83

71%

77.4%/17.3%

62/93 (67%)

  1. Se/Sp sensitivity/specificity, BALF bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, ETA endotracheal aspirate, NPTA nasopharyngeal tracheal aspirate, NR not reported, HAP hospital-acquired pneumonia, VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia, CAP community-acquired pneumonia, HPN hospitalised pneumonia
  2. *Both concordant positive (correct pathogen identification by both methods) and concordant negative (no pathogen identification by both methods)