Utility of the Bruker Biotyper matrix-Assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-Flight mass spectrometer in a clinical microbiology laboratory

Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 493-496

  Ngan, Grace J Y ^a   Lin, Raymond T P ^a   Teo, Jeanette W P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866930993     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0b013e3283559cec     Document Type: Article

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