Advantages of using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry as a rapid diagnostic tool for identification of yeasts and mycobacteria in the clinical microbiological laboratory.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on September 18, 2013

Authors

Jonathan H K Chen1, Wing-Cheong Yam, Antonio H Y Ngan, Ami M Y Fung, Wai-Lan Woo, Mei-Kum Yan, Garnet K Y Choi, Pak-Leung Ho, Vincent C C Cheng, Kwok-Yung Yuen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

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