MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 87-93

  Dekker, John P ^a   Branda, John A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST; URINALYSIS; YEAST;

EID: 79957933016     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: 18734391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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