Abstract
Ninety-nine clinical isolates previously identified as Klebsiella oxytoca were evaluated using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Eight isolates were identified as Raoultella spp., being 5 Raoultella spp. and 3 K. oxytoca, by 16S rRNA sequencing. These isolates were correctly identified by applying the 10% differential rule for the MALDI-TOF MS score values. This approach might be useful to discriminate Raoultella species from K. oxytoca.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 431-433 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease |
Volume | 75 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Bacteriological Techniques/methods
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- Enterobacteriaceae/chemistry
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/methods