Update on the evolving role of MALDI-TOF MS for laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections

Current Fungal Infection Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-214

  Vermeulen, Edith ^a   Verhaegen, Jan ^b   Indevuyst, Christophe ^b   Lagrou, Katrien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fungi; Identification; MALDI TOF MS; Mycoses

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84869115308     PISSN: 19363761     EISSN: 1936377X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12281-012-0093-y     Document Type: Review

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