MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry: A Powerful Tool for Clinical Microbiology at Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Senegal (West Africa).

Our team in Europe has developed the routine clinical laboratory identification of microorganisms by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS). To evaluate the utility of MALDI-TOF MS in tropical Africa in collaboration with local teams, we install...

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Main Authors: Cheikh I Lo, Bécaye Fall, Bissoume Sambe-Ba, Silman Diawara, Mamadou W Gueye, Oleg Mediannikov, Cheikh Sokhna, Ngor Faye, Yaya Diemé, Boubacar Wade, Didier Raoult, Florence Fenollar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4696746?pdf=render