Table 1. Results by Bruker Daltonics MALDI Biotyper with the created in-house database of respiratory viruses isolated from clinical specimens and identified by conventional diagnostic methods.

Analyte number	Conventional identification by routine dignostic methods	MALDI TOF MS identification	Score value (best match)
1	Influenza virus A	Virus influenza A/B	2.554
2		Virus influenza A/B	2.285
3		Virus influenza A/B	2.095
4		Virus influenza A/B	2.000
5		Virus influenza A/B	2.000
6		Virus influenza A/B	2.055
7		Virus influenza A/B	2.250
8		Virus influenza A/B	2.360
1	Influenza virus B	Virus influenza A/B	2.401
2		Virus influenza A/B	2.317
3		Virus influenza A/B	2.200
4		Virus influenza A/B	2.298
5		Virus influenza A/B	2.238
6		Virus influenza A/B	2.000
7		Virus influenza A/B	2.036
8		Virus influenza A/B	2.000
1	Adenovirus	Adenovirus	2.029
2		Adenovirus	2.030
3		Adenovirus	2.492
4		Adenovirus	2.039
5		Adenovirus	2.017
6		Adenovirus	2.058
7		Adenovirus	2.079
8		Adenovirus	2.076
1	Parainfluenza virus type 1	Parainfluenza virus	2.462
1	Parainfluenza virus type 2	Parainfluenza virus	2.167
2		Parainfluenza virus	2.129
1	Parainfluenza virus type 3	Parainfluenza virus	2.603
2		Parainfluenza virus	2.558
3		Parainfluenza virus	2.735
4		Parainfluenza virus	2.754
5		Parainfluenza virus	2.117
6		Parainfluenza virus	2.241
7		Parainfluenza virus	2.404
8		Parainfluenza virus	2.337
1	Respiratory syncytial virus	Respiratory syncytial virus	2.542
2		Respiratory syncytial virus	2.491
3		Respiratory syncytial virus	2.366
4		Respiratory syncytial virus	2.245
5		Respiratory syncytial virus	2.455
6		Respiratory syncytial virus	2.446
7		Respiratory syncytial virus	2.660
8		Respiratory syncytial virus	2.543
9		Respiratory syncytial virus	2.387
1	Echovirus type 30	Echovirus type 30	2.295
2		Echovirus type 30	2.727
3		Echovirus type 30	2.690
4		Echovirus type 30	2.614
5		Echovirus type 30	2.695
6		Echovirus type 30	2.651
7		Echovirus type 30	2.635
8		Echovirus type 30	2.662
1	Cytomegalovirus	Cytomegalovirus	2.256
2		Cytomegalovirus	2.269
3		Cytomegalovirus	2.339
4		Cytomegalovirus	2.427
5		Cytomegalovirus	2.380
1	Metapneumovirus	Metapneumovirus	2.057