Vibrio cholerae Detection by the FilmArray® Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate reported false positive FilmArray GI Panel detections of V. cholerae in clinical patient samples. The gold standard for recovery of V. cholerae is routine stool culture. The FilmArray GI Panel contains two sensitive PCR assays for the detection of V. cholerae; one targets the gyrB gene for genus-level Vibrio identification (focused on detection of V. parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus, and V. cholerae) and the second targets the toxR gene for specific identification of V. cholerae.