ArticleCurrent medical mycology2019
Identification of clinical dermatophyte isolates obtained from Iran by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
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- Survey of dermatophytes in stray dogs and cats with and without skin lesions in Puerto Rico and confirmed with MALDI-TOF MS.PloS one · 2021Article
- Epidemiology and Diagnostic Perspectives of Dermatophytoses.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Development and Validation of an In-House Library for Filamentous Fungi Identification by MALDI-TOF MS in a Clinical Laboratory in Medellin (Colombia).Microorganisms · 2020Article
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Abstract
background and purposeMatrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is widely used to discriminate among pathogenic microorganisms in clinical laboratories. The aim of this study was to assess the utility of MALDI-TOF MS in the routine identification of clinical dermatophyte isolates obtained from various geographical regions of Iran. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 94 isolates, including
resultsThe MALDI-TOF MS led to the identification of 44 (47%) isolates at the species level by generating the spectral score values of ≥ 2.0. However, there was not sufficient agreement between the results of the molecular-based ITS identification methods and MALDI-TOF MS in the species identification of 16 (17%) isolates. The Bruker Daltonics database was also not able to identify protein spectra related to 12 isolates (13%), including
conclusionAccording to the results, the utility of MALDI-TOF MS as a routine diagnostic tool for the accurate and reliable identification of dermatophytes can be justified whenever the protein spectra of a large set of worldwide clinical isolates are included in the commercial libraries. In addition, MALDI-TOF MS can be alternatively used to construct an in-house reference database.
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