Rapid identification of microorganisms from positive blood cultures by testing early growth on solid media using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

Mark D. Gonzalez; Carol J. Weber; Carey Ann D. Burnham

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Rapid identification of microorganisms from positive blood cultures by testing early growth on solid media using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease (2016) 85(2) 133-135

DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.02.018

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We performed a retrospective analysis of a simple modification to MALDI-TOF MS for microorganism identification to accurately improve the turnaround time (TAT) for identification of Enterobacteriaceae recovered in blood cultures. Relative to standard MALDI-TOF MS procedures, we reduced TAT from 28.3 (n = 90) to 21.2 h (n = 107).

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Gonzalez, M. D., Weber, C. J., & Burnham, C. A. D. (2016). Rapid identification of microorganisms from positive blood cultures by testing early growth on solid media using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 85(2), 133–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.02.018

Rapid identification of microorganisms from positive blood cultures by testing early growth on solid media using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry

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