The late 1800s through the early 1900s saw the rapid development of growth media
containing various substrates, ie carbohydrates, to identify and differentiate microbes …

Identification of bacterial and fungal isolates from clinical specimens has traditionally been
performed by examination of colony morphology and by biochemical characterization using …

Within the past decade, clinical microbiology laboratories experienced revolutionary
changes in the way in which microorganisms are identified, moving away from slow …

Objectives: Traditional microbial identification methods are based on morphology (both
micro-and macroscopic) and biochemical tests that require long incubation periods and a …

Recently, mass spectrometry methods have made significant inroads into the clinical
microbiology laboratory. This transformation has been driven largely by the success of …

Despite widespread application of nucleic acid diagnostics, cultures remain integral in
modern laboratories. Because cultures detect a large number of organism types, it is unlikely …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF
MS) for the identification of bacteria and fungi was recently introduced in microbiology …

In a clinical diagnosis microbiology laboratory, the current method of identifying bacterial
isolates is based mainly on phenotypic characteristics, for example growth pattern on …

Abstract Introduction/Objective On behalf of the diagnostic Medical Laboratory rapid, and
accurate identification of bacteria with their one-to-one anti-microbial susceptibility outlines …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF
MS) is a rapid method for the identification of bacteria. Factors that may alter protein profiles …