MALDI-TOF MS in post-transplant bloodstream infections: reliable identification of causative bacteria in the neutropenic phase

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 May;52(5):778-780. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2016.365. Epub 2017 Jan 30.

Authors

M Kanaya¹, Y Hayashi², D Hashimoto¹, T Endo¹, J Sugita¹, H Ohigashi¹, J Hashiguchi¹, T Matsukawa¹, S Matsuoka¹, M Kosugi-Kanaya^{1

2}, H Goto¹, M Onozawa¹, K Kahata^{1

2}, K Fujimoto¹, T Kondo¹, K Akizawa², H Shibuya², C Shimizu², T Teshima¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
² Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.

PMID: 28134922
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2016.365

No abstract available

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Allografts
Bacterial Infections / blood*
Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Female
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neutropenia / blood*
Neutropenia / etiology
Neutropenia / microbiology
Retrospective Studies
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization*