Performance of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of bacterial strains routinely isolated in a clinical microbiology laboratory.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on March 10, 2010

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A Bizzini1, C Durussel, J Bille, G Greub, G Prod'hom

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1: Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne, and University Hospital Center, Rue du Bugnon 46, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland.

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