title: Reply to "The infallible microbial identification test: does it exist?".
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA kevin.alby@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alby
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Laurel J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Edelstein
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*