Healthcare-associated infections can occur in different care units and can affect both
patients and healthcare professionals. Bacteria represent the most common cause of …

Early diagnosis of severe infections requires of a rapid and reliable diagnosis to initiate
appropriate treatment, while avoiding unnecessary antimicrobial use and reducing …

Microbial infections remain the principal cause for high morbidity and mortality rates. While
approximately 1400 human pathogens have been recognized, the majority of healthcare …

As a result of its being inexpensive, easy to perform, fast and accurate, matrix-assisted laser
desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF MS) is quickly becoming …

The recent increase in outbreaks of pathogenic bacteria and antimicrobial resistance
represent major public health problems. Being the leading cause of death in humans, the …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)
is replacing traditional methods for identifying microorganisms in the clinical laboratory. This …

Acinetobacter species have emerged as one of the most clinically important pathogens. The
phenotypic techniques which are currently available are insufficient in accurately identifying …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)
has been used in the field of clinical microbiology since 2010. Compared with the traditional …

The laboratory diagnosis of infections is based on pathogen identification and antimicrobial
susceptibility determination. The gold standard of cultivation, isolation and susceptibility …

Even with advances in antibiotic therapies, bacterial infections persistently plague society
and have amounted to one of the most prevalent issues in healthcare today. Moreover, the …