PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Senneby, Erik AU - Nilson, Bo AU - Petersson, Ann-Cathrine AU - Rasmussen, Magnus TI - Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Is a Sensitive and Specific Method for Identification of Aerococci AID - 10.1128/JCM.02637-12 DP - 2013 Apr 01 TA - Journal of Clinical Microbiology PG - 1303--1304 VI - 51 IP - 4 4099 - http://jcm.asm.org/content/51/4/1303.short 4100 - http://jcm.asm.org/content/51/4/1303.full SO - J. Clin. Microbiol.2013 Apr 01; 51 AB - Conventional methods for the identification of human-pathogenic aerococci to the species level are not reliable. We show that matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry correctly identifies aerococci to the species level and that it can be used to identify aerococci with high specificity in the diagnostic clinical microbiology laboratory.