A new culture-based method for rapid identification of microorganisms in polymicrobial blood cultures by MALDI-TOF MS.

Walter FlorioSusanna CappelliniCesira GiordanoAlessandra VecchioneEmilia GhelardiAntonella Lupetti

Published in: BMC microbiology (2019)

The proposed method allowed rapid and reliable microbial identification in polymicrobial BCs, and could provide clinicians with timely, useful information to streamline empirical antimicrobial therapy in critically ill patients.

Keyphrases

mass spectrometry
bioinformatics analysis
loop mediated isothermal amplification
staphylococcus aureus
microbial community
palliative care
healthcare
stem cells
mesenchymal stem cells
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