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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2016

Verification of a Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Method for Diagnostic Identification of High-Consequence Bacterial Pathogens.

Dobryan M Tracz, Kym S Antonation, Cindi R Corbett

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Review of the impact of MALDI-TOF MS in public health and hospital hygiene, 2018.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2019
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  9. Misidentification of Risk Group 3/Security Sensitive Biological Agents by MALDI-TOF MS in Canada: November 2015-October 2017.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dobryan M TraczNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Kym S AntonationNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Cindi R CorbettNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada cindi.corbett@phac-aspc.gc.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examined the utility of a single matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry method for the identification of security-sensitive biological agents (risk group 3 bacterial pathogens). The goal was 2-fold: to verify a method for inclusion into our scope of accreditation, and to assess the biological safety of extractions. We developed our sample flow to include a tube-based chemical extraction, followed by filtration, before processing on MALDI-TOF MS instruments in a containment level 2 laboratory.

Indexed as

Bacterial Typing TechniquesSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationBacteriaHumans

Identifiers

PMID26677252
PMCPMC4767979

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