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J Clin Microbiol
; 51(12): 4226-9, 2013 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24068013
RESUMO
Two novel protocols for inactivation and extraction were developed and used to identify 107 Mycobacterium clinical isolates, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, from solid cultures using Vitek matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. The protocol using heat inactivation with sonication and cell disruption with glass beads resulted in 82.2% and 88.8% species and genus level identifications, respectively.