title: Using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a rapid and accurate diagnostic tool in infective endocarditis: a case report of a patient with mitral valve infective endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva.
abstract: A case of infective endocarditis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva is presented. The use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a rapid and accurate diagnostic tool in infective endocarditis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark. Jon.Gitz.Holler@hvh.regionh.dk
authors.forename: Jon Gitz
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Holler
authors.forename: Line Kynemund
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Calum
authors.forename: Jesper Boye
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tvede
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schønning
authors.forename: Jenny Dahl
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Knudsen
mesh_terms: D058835:Abiotrophia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000293:Adolescent; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*