Differentiation of Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans by means of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 927-931

  Hof, Herbert ^a   Eigner, U ^a   Maier, T ^b   Staib, P ^c  

^a Labor Limbach   (Germany)

^b BRUKER DALTONIK GMBH   (Germany)

^c HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candida dubliniensis; Differentiation; MALDI TOF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS;

EID: 84868565358     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.20T2.111213     Document Type: Article

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