Utility of the MALDI-TOF MS method to identify nontuberculous mycobacteria

摘要

In comparison to the conventional real-time polymerase chain reaction method (PCR method) or the DNA DNA hybridization method (DDH method), the utility of NTM identification by the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) method has seldom been reported.