This study evaluated the ability of the MALDI-ToF MS from Bruker Daltonics to identify
clinical Mitis-Group-Streptococcus isolates with a focus on Streptococcus …

Background Differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from other viridans group
streptococci is well known to be challenging in clinical laboratories. Matrix assisted laser …

Objectives Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry
(MALDI-TOF MS) is becoming the method of choice for bacterial identification. However …

The differentiation of species within the Streptococcus mitis group has posed a problem in
the routine diagnostic microbiology laboratory for some time. It also constitutes a major …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)
has been developed as a new type of soft ionization mass spectrometry in recent years. An …

Despite the benefits of MALDI-TOF MS technology (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-
Ionization Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry) reported worldwide and the continuous …

Accurate species-level identification of alpha-hemolytic (viridans) streptococci (VGS) is very
important for understanding their pathogenicity and virulence. However, an extremely high …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-ToF) has revolutionized
bacterial identification. However, the phylogenetic resolution is still insufficient for discerning …

Discrimination between Streptococcus pneumoniae and its close relatives of the viridans
group is a common difficulty in matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight …

The Vitek MS v2. 0 matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass
spectrometry system accurately distinguished Streptococcus pneumoniae from …