MALDI-TOF Utility in a Region with Low Antibacterial Resistance Rates

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 666-667

  Buss, Brian A ^a   Schulz, Lucas T ^b   Reed, Kurt D ^c   Fox, Barry C ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME FACTOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960172933     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ962     Document Type: Letter

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