title: Evaluation of the Bruker Biotyper matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry system for identification of blood isolates of Acinetobacter species.
abstract: Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) (Bruker Biotyper) was able to accurately identify 98.6% (142/144) of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, 72.4% (63/87) of A. nosocomialis isolates, and 97.6% (41/42) of A. pittii isolates. All Acinetobacter junii, A. ursingii, A. johnsonii, and A. radioresistens isolates (n = 28) could also be identified correctly by Bruker Biotyper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Po-Ren
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Lu-Cheng
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Medical College of National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tsung-Chain
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Department and Graduate Institute of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tai-Fen
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Bruker Taiwan Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shih-Hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Chung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Department and Graduate Institute of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Lee-Jene
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan whsheng@ntu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Wang-Huei
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Sheng
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*