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Performance of a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry system for the identification of bacterial isolates in the clinical routine laboratory.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2009
Eigner Ulrich, Holfelder Martin, Oberdorfer Klaus, Betz-Wild Ulrike, Bertsch Daniela, Fahr Anne-Marie
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BACKGROUND: Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has emerged as a new tool for the fast and reliable identification of microorganisms. We evaluated the performance of a MALDI-TOF MS-system for the identification of various clinical isolates in the routine microbiology setting. MATERIAL AND METHODS: For the evaluation study a set of 1116 bacterial isolates...
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