Background MRSA remains a leading cause of hospital-acquired (HAP) and healthcare-associated
pneumonia (HCAP). We describe the epidemiology and outcome of MRSA …

There is an increasing body of literature on the utility of MALDI-TOF MS in the identification
of filamentous fungi. However, the process still lacks standardization. In this study, we …

New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is a recently identified metallo-β-lactamase that
confers resistance to carbapenems and all other β-lactam antibiotics, with the exception of …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)
can be used to identify bacteria directly from positive blood and sterile fluid cultures. The …

Background Timely strain typing of group A Streptococci (GAS) is necessary to guide outbreak
recognition and investigation. We evaluated the use of (matrix-assisted laser desorption …

Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are becoming a global healthcare
concern. Current laboratory methods for the detection of CPE include screening followed by …

The IR Biotyper and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry
(MALDI-TOF MS) using ClinProTools software (MALDI-TOF MS–ClinProTools) are two …

BACKGROUND: This study examined the epidemiology of an outbreak of Staphylococcus
aureus surgical site infections (SSI) after cardiovascular surgery, and analyzed risk factors for …

SARS-CoV-2 induces characteristic molecular changes that can be detected in the sera of
patients with severe/critical illness. The application of novel technologies in proteomics, such …

Andrew E. Simor, a, b Vanessa Porter, a Samira Mubareka, a, b Marc Chouinard, a Kevin
Katz, a, b, c Christie Vermeiren, b, c Ramzi Fattouh, b, d Larissa M. Matukas, b, d Manal Tadros…