title: The infallible microbial identification test: does it exist?
authors.affiliation: bioMérieux SA, Clinical Unit, Microbiology R&D, La Balme Les Grottes, France alex.vanbelkum@biomerieux.com.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Belkum
authors.affiliation: bioMérieux SA, Clinical Unit, Microbiology R&D, La Balme Les Grottes, France.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Welker
authors.affiliation: bioMérieux Inc., Clinical Unit, Microbiology R&D, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: W Michael
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.affiliation: bioMérieux SA, Clinical Unit, Microbiology R&D, La Balme Les Grottes, France.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Girard
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*