Bacterial identification using an Absciex 5800 TOF/TOF MALDI research instrument and an external database

Publication date: Available online 7 August 2019Source: Journal of Microbiological MethodsAuthor(s): Charlotte A. Huber, Valentin Pflüger, Sarah Reed, Kyra Cottrell, Hanna E. Sidjabat, Ama Ranasinghe, Hosam Zowawi, Patrick Harris, David L. PatersonAbstractIn our current study we were identifying 26 bacterial isolates using an Absciex 5800 TOF/TOF MALDI instrument and an external database. The results were compared with the results of a Vitek® MS system and in case of discrepancies at the species level 16s rRNA sequencing was performed for further verification.
Source: Journal of Microbiological Methods - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research