Clinical utility of direct application of matrix-assisted laser desorption
ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and rapid disk diffusion test
in presumptive antimicrobial therapy for bacteremia
Magarifuchi H1), Hamada Y2), Oho M3), Kusaba K3), Urakami T2), Aoki Y4)
1)Department of Internal Medicine, Imari Arita Kyoritsu Hospital, Saga,
Japan, 2)Division of Infectious Disease and Hospital Epidemiology, Saga
University Hospital, Saga, Japan, 3) Division of Clinical Laboratory,
Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan, 4)Division of Clinical Infectious
Diseases, Department of International Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga
University, Japan
Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy Volume 24, Issue 11, November 2018, Pages 881-886