Rapid identification of bacteria in blood cultures by mass-spectrometric analysis of volatiles

Affiliations

• ¹ Clinical Pathology Department, Desio Hospital, Desio, Italy.
• ² ISB Ion Source & Biotechnologies, Milan, Italy.
• ³ Emmanuele Scientific Research Association, Palermo, Italy.
• ⁴ Pulmonary Division, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
• ⁵ Clinical Pathology Department, Desio Hospital, Desio, Italy Experimental Medicine Department, School of Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
• ⁶ National Research Council-Institute for Biomedical Technologies, Segrate, Italy Current address: Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.