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DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
卷 80, 期 3, 页码 193-196出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.07.008
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Blood culture bottles; Bacteria; Identification; MALDI-TOF
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry is a fast and robust method for the identification of bacteria. In this study, we evaluate the performance of a laboratory-developed lysis method (LDT) for the rapid identification of bacteria from positive BacT/ALERT blood culture bottles. Of the 168 positive bottles tested, 159 were monomicrobial, the majority of which were Gram-positive organisms (61.0% versus 39.0%). Using a cut-off score of >= 1.7, 80.4% of the organisms were correctly identified to the species level, and the identification rate of Gram-negative organisms (90.3%) was found to be significantly greater than that of Gram-positive organisms (78.4%). The simplicity and cost-effectiveness of the LOT enable it to be fully integrated into the routine workflow of the clinical microbiology laboratory, allowing for rapid identification of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria within an hour of blood culture positivity. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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