Kocuria rhizophila misidentified as Corynebacterium jeikeium and other errors caused by the Vitek MS system call for maintained microbiological competence in the era of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA kevin.alby@uphs.upenn.edu.
Kevin
K
Alby
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Laurel J
LJ
Glaser
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Paul H
PH
Edelstein
D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003352:Corynebacterium; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*