Assessment of various parameters to improve MALDI-TOF MS reference spectra libraries constructed for the routine identification of filamentous fungi

BMC Microbiology

Research Article

Coralie L’Ollivier¹  Anne-Cécile Normand¹  Carole Cassagne²  Stéphane Ranque²  Renaud Piarroux²  Marijke Hendrickx³  Sam Roesems³  Patrick Fourquet⁴ 

[1] AP-HM, Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU Timone, 13005, Marseille, France;AP-HM, Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU Timone, 13005, Marseille, France;Aix-Marseille Université, UMR MD3, 13005, Marseille, France;BCCM/IHEM: Scientific Institute of Public Health, Mycology and Aerobiology Section, Brussels, Belgium;Service Proteomique, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille Luminy, 13009, Marseille, France;

关键词: MALDI-TOF MS;    Filamentous fungi;    Molds;    Reference spectra library;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2180-13-76

 received in 2012-12-24, accepted in 2013-03-25,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe poor reproducibility of matrix-assisted desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) spectra limits the effectiveness of the MALDI-TOF MS-based identification of filamentous fungi with highly heterogeneous phenotypes in routine clinical laboratories. This study aimed to enhance the MALDI-TOF MS-based identification of filamentous fungi by assessing several architectures of reference spectrum libraries.ResultsWe established reference spectrum libraries that included 30 filamentous fungus species with various architectures characterized by distinct combinations of the following: i) technical replicates, i.e., the number of analyzed deposits for each culture used to build a reference meta-spectrum (RMS); ii) biological replicates, i.e., the number of RMS derived from the distinct subculture of each strain; and iii) the number of distinct strains of a given species. We then compared the effectiveness of each library in the identification of 200 prospectively collected clinical isolates, including 38 species in 28 genera.Identification effectiveness was improved by increasing the number of both RMS per strain (p<10-4) and strains for a given species (p<10-4) in a multivariate analysis.ConclusionAddressing the heterogeneity of MALDI-TOF spectra derived from filamentous fungi by increasing the number of RMS obtained from distinct subcultures of strains included in the reference spectra library markedly improved the effectiveness of the MALDI-TOF MS-based identification of clinical filamentous fungi.

【 授权许可】

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