AdvanDx View Institution's Website 1 article published in JoVE Immunology and Infection A 1.5 Hour Procedure for Identification of Enterococcus Species Directly from Blood Cultures Margie A. Morgan1, Elizabeth Marlowe2, Susan Novak-Weekly2, J.M. Miller2, T.M. Painter3, Hossein Salimnia3, Benjamin Crystal4 1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Cente, 2Pasadena, CA, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 3Detroit, Detroit Medical Center, 4Woburn, MA, AdvanDx A rapid protocol for the direct identification of Enterococcus faecalis and other Enterococcus species from a positive blood culture using a Peptide Nucleic Acid fluorescent in situ hybridization assay (PNA FISH).