A multicenter evaluation of Copan's Colibrí™, an automated instrument for MALDI TOF MS target application for bacterial identification.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
; 108(1): 116098, 2024 Jan.
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The Colibrí™ is a new instrument that automates picking and placement of colonies on target plates for MALDI identification. This study compared the performance of the Colibrí™ to standard manual spotting using the VITEK® MS for bacterial identification. Colonies were selected from cultures of urine, wound, respiratory, and positive blood cultures. The Colibrí™ sampled the colonies, transferred them to a MALDI target slide, and overlayed each spot with matrix. Manual spotting was then performed using the same or similar colonies. A total of 444 bacteria were compared. Identification was achieved with both methods for 432 organisms with only 2 discrepant results, overall agreement of 99.54%. Twelve organisms (2.70%) gave no identification using Colibrí™. The Colibrí™ provides automation to a manual process with a high accuracy. Use of the Colibrí™ instrumentation provides an opportunity to reallocate technologist time to more complicated tasks and provides complete traceability from plating to organism identification.
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Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
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