%0 Journal Article
%T Emerging and Future Applications of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometry in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: A Report of the Association for Molecular Pathology
%A Christopher D. Doern
%A Susan M. Butler-Wu
%J The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
%D 2016
%R 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2016.07.007
%X The performance of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass
spectrometry (MS) for routine bacterial and yeast identification as well as direct-from-blood
culture bottle identification has been thoroughly evaluated in the peer-reviewed literature.
Microbiologists are now moving beyond these methods to apply MS to other areas of
the diagnostic process. This review discusses the emergence of advanced matrix-assisted
laser desorption ionization time-of-flight MS applications, including the identification
of filamentous fungi and mycobacteria and the current and future state of£¿antimicrobial
resistance testing.
%U https://jmd.amjpathol.org/article/S1525-1578(16)30144-1/fulltext