Use of Maldi-Tof Mass spectrometry in direct microorganism identification in clinical laboratories

Mass Spectrometry is an old technique that has recently been introduced in the clinical microbiology laboratory as Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). MALDI is a soft ionization technique used in mass spectrometry that allows the analysis of b...

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Main Authors: Tamara Brunelli, Roberto Degl’Innocenti, Antonella Conti, Patrizia Casprini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2010-09-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2416