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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
- Source :
- Clinics in Laboratory Medicine. 38:471-486
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- Matrix-assisted laser desorption time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), adapted for use in clinical microbiology laboratories, challenges current standards of microbial detection and identification. This article summarizes the capabilities of MALDI-TOF MS in diagnostic clinical microbiology laboratories and describes the underpinnings of the technology, highlighting topics such as sample preparation, spectral analysis, and accuracy. The use of MALDI-TOF MS in the clinical microbiology laboratory is growing, and, when properly deployed, can accelerate diagnosis and improve patient care.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
business.industry
Computer science
030106 microbiology
Biochemistry (medical)
Clinical Biochemistry
Bacterial Infections
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Laser
Mass spectrometry
Patient care
Bacterial Typing Techniques
law.invention
Matrix (chemical analysis)
Desorption time
03 medical and health sciences
Clinical microbiology
law
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
Humans
Spectral analysis
Process engineering
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02722712
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e1a9b5552f47ecd0a8378de272765c1b