Table 2.

Rate of identification and agreement of both MALDI-TOF MS systems after single measurement

	Biotyper sirius	VITEK MS PRIME
	N (%)	N (%)	P value
Total isolates	618	618
Isolates with ID	611 (98.9)	605 (97.9)	0.18
No ID	6 (1.0)	10 (1.6)	0.31
No spectrum aquired	1 (0.1)	3 (0.5)	0.31
Score ≥ 2.0 (high consistency)	587 (95.0)
Score ≥ 2.0 (low consistency)	7 (1.1)
Score 1.7–1.99	17 (2.8)
Confidence value 99.9%		568 (91.9)
Confidence value 60–99.8%		11 (1.8)
Low discrimination		26 (4.2)
Pair of ID	598
Agreement on genus level	598 (100.0)
Agreement on species level	576 (96.3)