Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for Investigation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Outbreaks: a Type Dream?

J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Mar 25;58(4):e02077-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02077-19. Print 2020 Mar 25.

Authors

J A O'Connor¹, G D Corcoran², B O'Reilly², J O'Mahony³, B Lucey³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland james.a.oconnor@mycit.ie.
² Department of Medical Microbiology, Diagnostics Directorate, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
³ Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland.

No abstract available

Keywords: MALDI-TOF; Mycobacteriology; outbreak investigation; typing.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization