Identification of Uncommon Clinically Important Yeasts and Moulds by the Bruker Biotyper Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) System in a Global Antifungal Surveillance Program
Abstract:Abstract:We report the evaluation of the Bruker Biotyper MS (BMS) system for the identification (ID) of 437 isolates of uncommon species of Candida (106 isolates; 17 species), non-Candida yeasts (100 isolates, 16 species), Aspergillus (164 isolates; 11 species) and nonAspergillus moulds (57 isolates; 36 species) collected from 68 laboratories in 2012. Using confidence scores of ≥1.7 to <2.0 for genus only ID and scores of ≥2.0 for species-level ID, BMS correctly IDed 89.8% of yeasts and 85.5% of moulds to the … Show more
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