The Use of Mass Spectrometry Technology (Maldi-Tof) in Clinical Microbiology

ISBN-13: 9780128144510 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 298 str.

Fernando Cobo

Spis treści

1. Proteomics: technology and applications
2. Basis on mass spectrometry. Technical variants
3. MALDI-TOF commercial platforms for microbial identification
4. Work procedures in MALDI-TOF technology
5. Indications, interpretation of results, advantages, disadvantages and limitations of MALDI-TOF
6. Quality control in MALDI-TOF techniques
7. Application of MALDI-TOF for bacterial identification
8. Detection of bacterial resistance through MALDI-TOF technology
9. Direct identification of pathogens from positive blood cultures by MALDI-TOF technology
10. Use of MALDI-TOF techniques in the diagnosis of urinary tract pathogens
11. Direct application of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to cerebrospinal fluid for pathogen identification
12. Application of MALDI-TOF in clinical virology
13. Use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in microbacterial diagnosis
14. Use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in fungal diagnosis
15. Application of MALDI-TOF in bacterial strain typing and taxonomy
16. Future applications of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in clinical microbiology

O autorze

Dr Fernando Cobo is a specialist in microbiology working in the Microbiology Department of the Hospital de Poniente, Spain, and has previously worked at the University Hospital Virgen de las Nievas and the Stem Cell Bank of Andalucía. He is a member of several professional societies including the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, and has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10 books, 90 book chapters, and 120 national and international conference papers.