Accurate identification of S. pneumoniae using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, still a challenge for clinical laboratories?

MeSH terms

• Algorithms
• Blood / microbiology
• Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
• Humans
• Respiratory System / microbiology
• Retrospective Studies
• Sensitivity and Specificity
• Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / standards*
• Streptococcus / classification
• Streptococcus / isolation & purification
• Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification
• Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*