Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) is a powerful analytical mass spectrometry technique that has generated numerous diagnostic and clinical applications, especially ...

Until recently, clinical diagnostic laboratories predominantly relied on conventional phenotypic ways of diagnosing infections, and sometimes on gene sequencing techniques. The latest advancements in ...

Conventional methods of identifying a positive blood culture require waiting for the blood culture broth to grow the organism and once positive, it has to be subcultured to specific media such as ...

A new technology, called MALDI-TOF MS, that identifies bacteria and fungi in patient specimens, is more efficient and cost-effective than conventional methods, according to a study by researchers at ...

GMP/GLP compliant testing laboratory, Wickham Laboratories Ltd, announces the introduction of new MALDI-ToF, rapid microbial identification service. Wickham Laboratories is pleased to announce the ...

Using a new method for identifying bacteria and fungi in patient specimens led to a 92 percent cost reduction in the reagents needed to run clinical microbiology tests. "I don't like to use the word ...

Bruker, a manufacturer of scientific instruments for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis, launches the new MALDI Biotyper sirius system for all previously ...

A new method for identifying bacteria that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs) will lead to much faster, more effective treatment as well as a reduction in costs. The procedure, described in the ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified the bacteria most commonly found in severe oral infections. Few such studies have been done before, and the team now hopes that the study ...

The identification of mycobacteria, which includes important pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has proven more challenging due to their thicker cell walls. 1 Studies have examined various ...