Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy methods for determination of Escherichia coli pathotypes

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 180-191

  Clark, Clifford G ^a   Kruczkiewicz, Peter ^b   Guan, Cai ^a   McCorrister, Stuart J ^a   Chong, Patrick ^a   Wylie, John ^c   van Caeseele, Paul ^c   Tabor, Helen A ^a   Snarr, Phillip ^a,d   Gilmour, Matthew W ^a,e   Taboada, Eduardo N ^b   Westmacott, Garrett R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli pathotype; MALDI TOF MS; MLST

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PATHOTYPE; MALDI-TOF MS; MASS SPECTRUM PROFILE: CONSENSUS SPECTRUM CREATED USING MULTIPLE INDIVIDUAL SPECTRA FROM REPLICATE, DIFFERENT COLONIES OF THE ORGANISM TESTED, OBTAINED BY USING SPECIFIC PROGRAMS WITHIN THE BRUKER BIOTYPER SOFTWARE; MLST; MSP;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84880372916     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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