Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry for identification of clinically significant bacteria that are difficult to identify in clinical laboratories

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 361-366

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Tang, Bone S F ^c   Teng, Jade L L ^b   Chan, Tsz Ming ^c   Curreem, Shirly O T ^b   Fan, Rachel Y Y ^b   Ng, Ricky H Y ^d   Chan, Jasper F W ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTICS; LABORATORY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84898807399     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201818     Document Type: Article

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