Improved performance of bacterium and yeast identification by a commercial matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry system in the clinical microbiology laboratory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3441-

  Haigh, John ^a   Degun, Amarjeet ^a   Eydmann, Melvyn ^a   Millar, Michael ^a   Wilks, Mark ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80052250369     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00576-11     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Bizzini, A., C. Durussel, J. Bille, G. Greub, and G. Prod'hom. 2010. Performance of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of bacterial strains routinely isolated in a clinical microbiology laboratory. J. Clin. Microbiol. 48:1549-1554.