The effect of the blood culture bottle type in the rate of direct identification from positive cultures by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry

Journal of Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-253

  Romero Gomez M P ^a   Mingorance, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CENTRIFUGE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GLASS BOTTLE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPERNATANT;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952192294     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.12.008     Document Type: Letter

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