title: Direct identification of urinary tract pathogens from urine samples by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.
abstract: Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been suggested as a reliable method for bacterial identification from cultures. Direct analysis of clinical samples might increase the usefulness of this method, shortening the time for microorganism identification. We compared conventional methods for the diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and identification of the urinary tract pathogens (automated screening, plate cultures, and identification based on biochemical characteristics) and a fast method based on conventional screening and MALDI-TOF MS. For this latter method, 4 ml of urine was centrifuged at a low-revolution setting (2,000 x g) to remove leukocytes and then at high revolutions (15,500 x g) to collect bacteria. The pellet was washed and then applied directly to the MALDI-TOF MS plate. Two hundred sixty urine samples, detected as positive by the screening device (UF-1000i), were processed by culture and MALDI-TOF MS. Twenty samples were positive in the screening device but negative in culture, and all of them were also negative by MALDI-TOF MS. Two-hundred thirty-five samples displayed significant growth of a single morphological type in culture. Two-hundred twenty of them showed bacterial growth of >10(5) CFU/ml. Microorganism identifications in this group were coincident at the species level in 202 cases (91.8%) and at the genus level in 204 cases (92.7%). The most frequent microorganism was Escherichia coli (173 isolates). MALDI-TOF MS identified this microorganism directly from the urine sample in 163 cases (94.2%). Our results show that MALDI-TOF MS allows bacterial identification directly from infected urine in a short time, with high accuracy, and especially when Gram-negative bacteria with high bacterial counts are involved.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Juanes
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González-Avila
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cembrero-Fuciños
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herrero-Hernández
authors.forename: José Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: González-Buitrago
authors.forename: Juan Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Bellido
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*
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