Comparison among four proposed direct blood culture microbial identification methods using MALDI-TOF MS

• Hauptverfasser: Ali M. Bazzi (VerfasserIn), Ali A. Rabaan (VerfasserIn), Zeyad El Edaily (VerfasserIn), Susan John (VerfasserIn), Mahmoud M. Fawarah (VerfasserIn), Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq (VerfasserIn)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Elsevier, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: Matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry facilitates rapid and accurate identification of pathogens, which is critical for sepsis patients.In this study, we assessed the accuracy in identification of both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacter...