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First Description of the Performance of the VITEK MITUBE Device Used With MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry to Achieve Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria Directly From Positive Blood Culture Broth

First Description of the Performance of the VITEK MITUBE Device Used With MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry to Achieve Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria Directly From Positive Blood Culture Broth

Authors: Rhoads DD, Hanson ND, Reedy K, Gafsi J, Ying YX, Hardy DJ

Citation: J Clin Microbiol. 2025 Jul 18:e0012225. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00122-25. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Infectious Diesease

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