A Practical Workflow for the Identification of Aspergillus, Fusarium, Mucorales by MALDI-TOF MS : Database, Medium, and Incubation Optimization

There is an increasing body of literature on the utility of MALDI-TOF MS in the identification of filamentous fungi. However, the process still lacks standardization. In this study, we attempted to establish a practical workflow for the identification of three clinically important molds: Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Mucorales using MALDI-TOF MS. We evaluated the performance of Bruker Filamentous Fungi database v3.0 for the identification of these fungi, highlighting when there would be a benefit of using an additional database, the MSI-2 for further identification. We also examined two other variables, namely, medium effect and incubation time on the accuracy of fungal identification. The Bruker database achieved correct species level identification in 85.7% of Aspergillus and 90% of Mucorales, and correct species-complex level in 94.4% of Fusarium. Analysis of spectra using the MSI-2 database would also offer additional value for species identification of Aspergillus species, especially when suspecting species with known identification limits within the Bruker database. This issue would only be of importance in selected cases where species-level identification would impact therapeutic options. Id-Fungi plates (IDFP) had almost equivalent performance to Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) for species-level identification of isolates and enabled an easier harvest of the isolates with occasional faster identification. Our study showed accurate identification at 24 h for Fusarium and Mucorales species, but not for Aspergillus species, which generally required 48 h.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical microbiology - 60(2022), 12 vom: 21. Dez., Seite e0103222

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Barker, Kevin R [VerfasserIn]
Kus, Julianne V [VerfasserIn]
Normand, Anne-Cecile [VerfasserIn]
Gharabaghi, Farhad [VerfasserIn]
McTaggart, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Rotstein, Coleman [VerfasserIn]
Richardson, Susan E [VerfasserIn]
Campigotto, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Tadros, Manal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aspergillus
Clinical mycology
Cryptic species
Filamentous fungi
Fusarium
IDFP
Immunocompromised
Immunocompromised hosts
Immunosuppressed
Journal Article
MALDI-TOF
Mass spectrometry
Molds
Mucorales
Mycology
Proteomics

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Date Completed 23.12.2022

Date Revised 04.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/jcm.01032-22

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348402201