Abstract
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry has emerged as a rapid, cost-effective alternative for bacterial species identification. Identifying 60 blind-coded nonfermenting bacteria samples, this international study (using eight laboratories) achieved 98.75% interlaboratory reproducibility. Only 6 of the 480 samples were misidentified due to interchanges (4 samples) or contamination (1 sample) or not identified because of insufficient signal intensity (1 sample).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3732-3734 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)