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J Clin Microbiol
; 50(4): 1437-9, 2012 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22238435
RESUMO
Five methods were compared to determine the most accurate method for identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) (n = 142 strains). Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) showed the best results for rapid and accurate CoNS differentiation (99.3% of strains correctly identified). An alternative to this approach could be Vitek2 combined with partial tuf gene sequencing (100% of strains correctly identified when both methods are performed simultaneously).