Multi-year comparison of VITEK MS performance for identification of rarely encountered pathogenic gram-positive organisms (GPOs) in a large integrated Canadian healthcare region

ABSTRACT This multi-year study (2014–2019) compared identification of rare and unusual gram-positive organisms (GPOs) by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) (VITEK MS; bioMérieux, Laval, Quebec) to 16S rRNA gene sequencing (16S) according to ou...

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Published in:Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors: D.L. Church, T. Griener, D. Gregson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-06-01
Subjects:
identification
gram-positive bacteria
VITEK MS
MALDI-TOF
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02545-24

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02545-24

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