| MALDI-TOF MS Results |
Conventional Methods |
Phoenix |
PCR |
| (N=2,872)1) |
(N=41) |
(N=35) |
| Match |
Mismatch |
Match |
Mismatch |
Match |
Mismatch |
| Enterobacteriaceae (n=1081) |
1064 |
17 |
14 |
3 |
14 |
3 |
| Micrococcaceae (n=407) |
405 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Streptococcaceae (n=448) |
442 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
| Nonfermenters (n=288) |
280 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
| Bacteria anaerobe (n=156) |
155 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Gram positive rods aerob (n=89) |
86 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| Miscellaneous (n=163) |
159 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Fungi
(n=240) |
240 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total (n=2872)1) |
2831 |
41 |
29 |
12 |
26 |
9 |
1) 28 additional isolates were excluded from the comparison, because it was not possible to compare their MALDI-TOF __results to identification results obtained with other methods. |
