Laboratory Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 410-414.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2024.04.017

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Application of MALDI-TOF MS technology in clinical microbiological examination

DUAN Xuehan, WU Hua()   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Hainan General Hospital,Haikou 570100,Hainan,China
  • Received:2022-07-03 Revised:2023-05-06 Online:2024-04-30 Published:2024-05-07

Abstract:

With the development of science and technology,the application of new technology in medical examination is more and more extensive. Compared with the complicated and time-consuming workflow of traditional microbial identification,matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry(MALDI-TOF MS) has gradually become an indispensable microbial identification tool in clinical microbiological laboratories because of its rapid,sensitivity,simple,time-saving and high specificity. MALDI-TOF MS plays a role in isolate identification,drug resistance monitoring and mutation identification. Its identification relies on the database,and it is limited to a certain extent by the quality of clinical samples. MALDI-TOF MS will still have utilization space to be developed in clinical microbiological examination.

Key words: Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, Rapid identification, Database, Drug resistance monitoring

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