Direct analysis and identification of pathogenic Lichtheimia species by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight analyzer-mediated mass spectrometry

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 419-427

  Schrödl, Wieland ^a   Heydel, Tilo ^a   Schwartze, Volker U ^b,c   Hoffmann, Kerstin ^b   Große Herrenthey, Anke ^a   Walther, Grit ^b,d   Alastruey Izquierdo, Ana ^e   Rodriguez Tudela, Juan Luis ^e   Olias, Philipp ^f   Jacobsen, Ilse D ^c   De Hoog, G Sybren ^d   Voigt, Kerstin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

ABSIDIA; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENUS; LICHTHEIMIA; LICHTHEIMIA HYALOSPORA; LICHTHEIMIA ORNATA; LICHTHEIMIA RAMOSA; LICHTHEIMIA SPHAEROCYSTIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TYPE STRAIN; ZYGOMYCETES;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ABSIDIA CORYMBIFERA; MUCOR; MUCORALES; RHIZOPUS; SPHAEROCYSTIS; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 84856178933     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01070-11     Document Type: Article

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