Evaluation of the Vitek Ms system for the identification of filamentous fungi.

Margarita Estreya ZvezdánovaPilar Escribano Jesus Vicente Guinea Patricia Muñoz David Rodríguez-TemporalBelén Rodríguez-Sánchez

Published in: Medical mycology (2022)

The use of MALDI-TOF for fungal identification remains a challenge. In this study, using a commercial protein extraction kit and updated database, VITEK MS system was able to identify up to 89.0% of a diverse collection of 200 filamentous fungi representing 43 fungal species.

Keyphrases

mass spectrometry
ms ms
multiple sclerosis
bioinformatics analysis
emergency department
cell wall
protein protein
binding protein
small molecule
genetic diversity