@article{a0f18c316d0e4edb8fc0d2bffbcf716a,
title = "Direct maldi-tof mass spectrometry assay of blood culture broths for rapid identification of Candida species causing bloodstream infections: an observational study in two large microbiology laboratories",
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.",
keywords = "candida, maldi-tof, candida, maldi-tof",
author = "Teresa Spanu and Brunella Posteraro and Tiziana D'Inzeo and Mario Tumbarello and Maurizio Sanguinetti and Giovanni Fadda and {Fiori Alfarano}, Barbara and S Campoli and A Ruggeri and G Canu and Em Trecarichi and G Parisi and M Tronci",
year = "2012",
language = "English",
volume = "50",
pages = "176--179",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Microbiology",
issn = "0095-1137",
publisher = "American Society for Microbiology / DC:1752 N Street Northwest:Washington, DC 20036:(202)737-3600, EMAIL: jadelman@asmusa.org, INTERNET: http://www.asmusa.org/asm.htm, Fax: (202)942-9342",
}