目次

1. Proteomics: technology and applications2. Basis on mass spectrometry. Technical variants3. MALDI-TOF commercial platforms for microbial identification4. Work procedures in MALDI-TOF technology5. Indications, interpretation of results, advantages, disadvantages and limitations of MALDI-TOF6. Quality control in MALDI-TOF techniques7. Application of MALDI-TOF for bacterial identification8. Detection of bacterial resistance through MALDI-TOF technology9. Direct identification of pathogens from positive blood cultures by MALDI-TOF technology10. Use of MALDI-TOF techniques in the diagnosis of urinary tract pathogens11. Direct application of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to cerebrospinal fluid for pathogen identification12. Application of MALDI-TOF in clinical virology13. Use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in microbacterial diagnosis14. Use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in fungal diagnosis15. Application of MALDI-TOF in bacterial strain typing and taxonomy16. Future applications of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in clinical microbiology