Open AccessMALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in clinical diagnostic microbiology
Author(s) -
Editor SKIMS
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical sciences/journal of medical sciences (srinagar. online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-063X
pISSN - 0972-110X
DOI - 10.33883/jms.v20i1.315
Subject(s) - clinical microbiology , identification (biology) , medicine , mass spectrometry , matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , chromatography , biology , desorption , chemistry , botany , organic chemistry , adsorption
Microbial identification in clinical diagnostic laboratories mainly relies on conventional phenotypic and gene sequencing identification techniques. Recently development of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) devices has revolutionized the routine identification of microorganisms in clinical microbiology laboratories. This is an easy, rapid, high throughput, low-cost, and efficient identification technique and has been adapted to the constraint of clinical diagnostic laboratories. This technology has the potential to replace and/or complement conventional identification techniques for both bacterial and fungal strains. JMS 2017; 20(1):54