Charting Uncharted Territory: A Review of the Verification and Implementation Process for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for Organism Identification

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 69-78

  Doern, Christopher D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

16S RRNA GENE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANDIDA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DATA BASE; DERMATOPHYTE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY DEVICE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STORAGE; STUDY DESIGN;

EID: 84876717078     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: 18734391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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