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Identification of Antibacterial Immunity Proteins in Escherichia coli using MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS/MS and Top-Down Proteomic Analysis
Published on: May 23, 2021
Rapid identification of mcr-1-positive Escherichia coli from patient urine using a novel lipid-based MALDI-TOF-MS
Richard D Smith1,2, Jerilyn R Izac1,3, Michael Ha4
1Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Abstract:
Mobilized colistin resistance (mcr) genes confer resistance to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections. In this case report, we describe a novel lipid-based matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) diagnostic used to rapidly identify an mcr-1-positive Escherichia coli directly from a patient with a urinary tract infection without the need for ex vivo growth.

