Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry-based method for discrimination between molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2472-2476

  Posteraro, Brunella ^a   Vella, Antonietta ^a   Cogliati, Massimo ^b   De Carolis, Elena ^a   Florio, Ada Rita ^a   Posteraro, Patrizia ^c   Sanguinetti, Maurizio ^a   Tortorano, Anna Maria ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ospedale San Carlo   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALPHA CYANO 4 HYDROXYCINNAMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862733612     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00737-12     Document Type: Article

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