Value of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight for routine identification of viridans group streptococci causing bloodstream infections

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 438-444

  Lopez Roa P ^a   Sanchez Carrillo C ^a   Marin M ^a,b,c   Romero, F ^a   Cercenado, E ^a,b,c,d   Bouza, E ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Red Espanola de Investigacion en Patologia Infecciosa REIPI   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

API 20STREP; Biochemical identification; MALDI TOF; sodA gene; Streptococcus; Viridans

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SODA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84876304672     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03837.x     Document Type: Article

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