MALDI-TOF MS is more accurate than VITEK II ANC card and API Rapid ID 32 A system for the identification of Clostridium species.

Category Primary study
JournalAnaerobe
Year 2016
All 50 Clostridium difficile strains were definitely identified by Vitek2 system, Rapid ID 32A system, and MALDI-TOF. For 18 non-difficile Clostridium strains, the identification results were correct in 2, 0, and 17 strains by Vitek2, Rapid ID 32A, and MALDI-TOF, respectively [corrected].
Epistemonikos ID: 80dad3189639e7a77f60734bc2b79ec5411cb5ff
First added on: Dec 01, 2021