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Identification of Rare Bacterial Pathogens by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and MALDI-TOF MS
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Microbial Identification in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Using MALDI-TOF-MS
Iván Bloise1, M Teresa Corcuera1, Julio García-Rodríguez1
1Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry has been applied with huge success to the identification of cultured microorganisms in clinical microbiology laboratories where it has become the reference method because it is simple, fast, and highly reproducible. We describe the different procedures used in the routine for pathogen identification using the Bruker MALDI Biotyper® system.
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