title: Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometry assay solves misidentification of rapidly growing mycobacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Visconti
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Rome "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: La Martire
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Disease, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Grazia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brunetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ghezzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venditti
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: giammarco.raponi@uniroma1.it.
authors.forename: Giammarco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raponi
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia; D003352:Corynebacterium; D006801:Humans; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization