Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: Revolutionizing clinical laboratory diagnosis of mould infections

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1366-1371

  Gautier, M ^a   Ranque, S ^a,b   Normand, A C ^a   Becker, P ^c   Packeu, A ^c   Cassagne, C ^a   L'Ollivier, C ^a   Hendrickx, M ^c   Piarroux, R ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Aix Marseilles University   (France)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fungi; Humans; Mass; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight; Microbiological techniques; Mycoses; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOULD; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSES; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FUNGI;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FUNGI; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84920503972     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12750     Document Type: Article

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