| Literature DB >> 27795344 |
Evgeny A Idelevich1, Barbara Grünastel1, Karsten Becker2.
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Candida sepsis is a life-threatening condition with increasing prevalence. In this study, direct blood culturing on solid medium using a lysis-centrifugation procedure enabled successful Candida species identification by matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time of flight mass spectrometry on average 3.8 h (Sabouraud agar) or 7.4 h (chocolate agar) before the positivity signal for control samples in Bactec mycosis-IC/F or Bactec Plus aerobic/F bottles, respectively. Direct culturing on solid medium accelerated candidemia diagnostics compared to that with automated broth-based systems.Entities:
Keywords: Candida; MALDI-TOF; blood culture; candidemia; direct blood culturing; lysis-centrifugation; mass spectrometry; rapid tests; sepsis
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27795344 PMCID: PMC5228267 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01787-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948