Routine identification of clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria: Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry performs better than conventional identification methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1504-

  Knoester, M ^a   Van Veen, S Q ^a   Claas, E C J ^a   Kuijper, E J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACCURACY; ACTINOMYCES; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RELIABILITY; RNA SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84858607944     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06607-11     Document Type: Letter

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