Review of the impact of MALDI-TOF MS in public health and hospital hygiene, 2018.

ConclusionsMALDI-TOF MS is a powerful method for protein analysis. The increase in speed of pathogen detection enables improvement of antimicrobial therapy, infection prevention and control measures leading to positive impact on public health. For antibiotic susceptibility testing and bacterial typing, it represents a rapid alternative to time-consuming conventional techniques. PMID: 30696525 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Euro Surveill - January 1, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Rodríguez-Sánchez B, Cercenado E, Coste AT, Greub G Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: research