A comparison of Api 20A vs MALDI-TOF MS for routine identification of clinically significant anaerobic bacterial strains to the species level

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-212

  Kierzkowska, Marta ^a,b   Majewska, Anna ^a,b   Kuthan, Robert T ^b   Sawicka Grzelak, Anna ^a,b   Młynarczyk, Grazyna ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b The Medical University of Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; MALDI TOF MS; Phenotypic identification

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872394794     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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