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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry for identification of clinically significant bacteria that are difficult to identify in clinical laboratories

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  • Susanna K P Lau State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bone S F Tang Department of Pathology, Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital, Hong Kong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jade L L Teng Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tsz-Ming Chan Department of Pathology, Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital, Hong Kong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shirly O T Curreem Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rachel Y Y Fan Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ricky H Y Ng Department of Pathology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jasper F W Chan Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kwok-Yung Yuen State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Patrick C Y Woo State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Patrick Woo, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China; pcywoo{at}hkucc.hku.hk
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Lau SKP, Tang BSF, Teng JLL, et al
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry for identification of clinically significant bacteria that are difficult to identify in clinical laboratories
Journal of Clinical Pathology 2014;67:361-366.

Publication history

  • Received June 19, 2013
  • Revised September 12, 2013
  • Accepted September 25, 2013
  • First published October 18, 2013.
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April 18, 2016

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