Current status of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry in the clinical microbiology laboratory

Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-17

  Kok, Jen ^a   Chen, Sharon C A ^b   Dwyer, Dominic E ^b   Iredell, Jonathan R ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Laboratory; MALDI TOF MS; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873824984     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0b013e32835be408     Document Type: Article

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