Rapid identification of bacteria from bioMérieux BacT/ALERT blood culture bottles by MALDI-TOF MS

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 149-155

  Haigh, J D ^a   Green, I M ^a   Ball, D ^a   Eydmann, M ^a   Millar, M ^a   Wilks, M ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Blood culture; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization; Spectrometry, mass

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALCOHOL; CHARCOAL; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE VESSEL; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; EVALUATION STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TIME;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893200144     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2013.11669949     Document Type: Article

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