Improved Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)-Based Identification of Mycobacterium spp. by Use of a Novel Two-Step Cell Disruption Preparatory Technique
J Clin Microbiol
.
2016 Feb;54(2):495-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02998-15.
Epub 2015 Nov 25.
Authors
J A O'Connor
1
,
M Lynch-Healy
2
,
D Corcoran
2
,
B O'Reilly
2
,
J O'Mahony
3
,
B Lucey
3
Affiliations
1
Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland james.a.oconnor@mycit.ie.
2
Department of Medical Microbiology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
3
Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland.
PMID:
26607981
PMCID:
PMC4733187
DOI:
10.1128/JCM.02998-15
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
Humans
Mycobacterium / chemistry*
Mycobacterium / classification*
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / methods*