Identification of Gram-positive cocci by use of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry: Comparison of different preparation methods and implementation of a practical algorithm for routine diagnostics

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1834-1840

  Schulthess, Bettina ^a   Brodner, Katharina ^a   Bloemberg, Guido V ^a   Zbinden, Reinhard ^a   Böttger, Erik C ^a   Hombach, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTROPHIA; AEROCOCCUS; ALGORITHM; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT TRANSFER; DIRECT TRANSFER FORMIC ACID METHOD WITH ON TARGET FORMIC ACID TREATMENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ETHANOL FORMIC ACID EXTRACTION; GEMELLA; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GRANULICATELLA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTHIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

AEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GEMELLA; GRANULICATELLA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

EID: 84878473150     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02654-12     Document Type: Article

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