TABLE 1.

MALDI-TOF MS scores obtained directly and after subculture

Method	No. of samples with which following MALDI-TOF MS score was obtained with:										Total
	Default machine settings only:					Manual laser operation:
	>2.3	2.0–2.3	1.7–2.0	<1.7	NPa	>2.3	2.0–2.3	1.7–2.0	<1.7	NP
MGIT	0	7	5	3	39	0	17	14	20b	3	54
7H11 subculture	4	20	5	4	21	6	33	10	5c	0	54

^aNP, no peaks found.

^bNine wrong identifications.

^cOne wrong identification.