Multicenter Evaluation of the Bruker MALDI Biotyper CA System for the Identification of Clinical Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacterial Isolates

Matthew L. Faron; Blake W. Buchan; Josh Hyke; Neil Madisen; Jennifer L. Lillie; Paul A. Granato; Deborah A. Wilson; Gary W. Procop; Susan Novak-Weekley; Elizabeth Marlowe; Joven Cumpio; Christen Griego-Fullbright; Sandra Kindig; Karen Timm; Stephen Young; Nathan A. Ledeboer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141350

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Multicenter Evaluation of the Bruker MALDI Biotyper CA System for the Identification of Clinical Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacterial Isolates

Matthew L. Faron,

Affiliation Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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Blake W. Buchan,

Affiliations Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America, Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratory, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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Josh Hyke,

Affiliation Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratory, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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Neil Madisen,

Affiliation Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratory, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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Jennifer L. Lillie,

Affiliation Laboratory Alliance of Central New York, Fayetteville, NY, United States of America
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Paul A. Granato,

Affiliations Laboratory Alliance of Central New York, Fayetteville, NY, United States of America, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States of America
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Deborah A. Wilson,

Affiliation Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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Gary W. Procop,

Affiliation Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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Susan Novak-Weekley,

Affiliation Kaiser Permanente SCPMG Regional Reference Laboratories, North Hollywood, CA, United States of America
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Elizabeth Marlowe,

Affiliation Kaiser Permanente SCPMG Regional Reference Laboratories, North Hollywood, CA, United States of America
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Joven Cumpio,

Affiliation Kaiser Permanente SCPMG Regional Reference Laboratories, North Hollywood, CA, United States of America
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Christen Griego-Fullbright,

Affiliation Tricore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque NM, United States of America
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Sandra Kindig,

Affiliation Tricore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque NM, United States of America
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Karen Timm,

Affiliation Tricore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque NM, United States of America
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Stephen Young,

Affiliations Tricore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque NM, United States of America, Department of Pathology UNMHSC, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America
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Nathan A. Ledeboer

* E-mail: nledeboe@mcw.edu

Affiliations Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America, Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratory, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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Multicenter Evaluation of the Bruker MALDI Biotyper CA System for the Identification of Clinical Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacterial Isolates

Matthew L. Faron,
Blake W. Buchan,
Josh Hyke,
Neil Madisen,
Jennifer L. Lillie,
Paul A. Granato,
Deborah A. Wilson,
Gary W. Procop,
Susan Novak-Weekley,
Elizabeth Marlowe

Published: November 3, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141350

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