Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing on blood cultures using MALDI-TOF MS.

Antibiotic resistance is a major public health problem requiring the early optimization of antibiotic prescriptions. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time Of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been shown to accurately identify bacteria from positive blood culture. Here, we develo...

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Main Authors: Marlène Sauget, Xavier Bertrand, Didier Hocquet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6181389?pdf=render