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Rapid Identification of Gram Negative Bacteria from Blood Culture Broth Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
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MALDI-TOF MS identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing directly from positive enrichment broth
Marie Tré-Hardy1, Barbara Lambert1, Noémie Despas1
1Department of Microbiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Journal of Microbiological Methods
|July 30, 2017
Abstract:
A rapid preparation procedure was validated for MALDI-TOF MS identification followed by an antimicrobial susceptibility testing directly from a non-selective enrichment broth of sterile fluid samples associated with negative classical cultures. This method can be easily integrated in the laboratory routine allowing precious time gain for microbe identification and subsequent adequate treatment initiation.

