Evaluation of a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry assisted, selective broth method to screen for vancomycin-resistant enterococci in patients at high risk

Tsi-Shu Huang; Susan Shin-Jung Lee; Chia-Chien Lee; Chiu-Yen Chen; Fang-Chen Chen; Bao-Chen Chen; Cheng Len Sy; Kuan-Sheng Wu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179455

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Evaluation of a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry assisted, selective broth method to screen for vancomycin-resistant enterococci in patients at high risk

Tsi-Shu Huang,

Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Department of pathology and laboratory medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Susan Shin-Jung Lee,

Affiliations Division of Microbiology, Department of pathology and laboratory medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chia-Chien Lee,

Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Department of pathology and laboratory medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chiu-Yen Chen,

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Fang-Chen Chen,

Affiliations Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Infection Control Unit, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Bao-Chen Chen,

Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Department of pathology and laboratory medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Cheng Len Sy,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Kuan-Sheng Wu

* E-mail: genesis@pie.com.tw

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2872-9819

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Evaluation of a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry assisted, selective broth method to screen for vancomycin-resistant enterococci in patients at high risk

Tsi-Shu Huang,
Susan Shin-Jung Lee,
Chia-Chien Lee,
Chiu-Yen Chen,
Fang-Chen Chen,
Bao-Chen Chen,
Cheng Len Sy,
Kuan-Sheng Wu

Published: June 13, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179455

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