Abstract
We evaluated the reliability of the Bruker Daltonik's MALDI Biotyper system in species-level identification of yeasts directly from blood culture bottles. Identification results were concordant with those of the conventional culture-based method for 95.9% of Candida albicans (187/195) and 86.5% of non-albicans Candida species (128/148). Results were available in 30 min (median), suggesting that this approach is a reliable, time-saving tool for routine identification of Candida species causing bloodstream infection.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 176-179 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
Volume | 50 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- candida
- maldi-tof