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. 2019 Nov 21;7(12):593. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7120593

Table 1.

Specific whole-cell MALDI-TOF MS spectra patterns literature for identification of antimicrobial resistance in enteric bacteria.

Organism Antibiotic Classes Tested Biomarkers Year Reference
Staphylococcus aureus β-lactams MRSA: 891, 1140, 1165, 1229 and 2127 m/z
MSSA: 2548 and 2647 m/z
2000 [51]
Staphylococcus aureus β-lactams Variation between in the
spectral profiles in the mass range of m/z 500–3500 Da
2002 [52]
Lactococcus lactis
Bacillus coagulans
Escherichia coli
Bacteriocins (lantibiotic) Lacticin 481: 2902, 2924,2940 m/z
Nisin A: 3392 m/z
Coagulin: 4650 m/z
2003 [53]
Escherichia coli β-lactams Ampicillin: 29.000 m/z 2007 [54]
Bacteroides fragilis Carbapenems cfiA negative: 4711, 4817, 5017, 5204, 5268 m/z
cfiA positive: 4688, 4826, 5002, 5189, 5282 m/z
2011 [55]
Klebsiella spp. Carbapenems OmpK36 porin: 38000, 19000 m/z 2012 [56]
Enterococcus faecium Glycopeptides VanA/B: 6603 m/z 2012 [57,58]
Enterobacteriaceae Carbapenems blaKPC: 11109 m/z 2014 [59]
Campylobacter jejuni β-lactams
Tetracyclines
Glycopeptides
Spectrum processing parameters increased the resistance detection 2016 [60]
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
β-lactams mecA: 2415 m/z 2016 [61]
Escherichia coli Polymyxin Lipid A modification: 1919 m/z 2018 [62]
Klebsiella pneumonia Enterobacter cloacae Escherichia coli
Serratia marcescens
Citrobacter braakii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Carbapenems KPC-2: 28544 m/z 2019 [63]
Bacteroides fragilis Carbapenems Identification of B. fragilis with the validated “cfiA library” [55] 2019 [64]