Table 1.
Report year | Patient age/gender | Country | Diagnosis | Identification by MALDI- TOF | Molecular investigations | Type of infection |
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2020 | 57/M | Belgium | Osteomyelitis | Bruker Biotyper (score: 1.71) | NO | Polymicrobial |
2020 | 84/M | Germany | Periprosthetic joint infection | Bruker biotyper | 16S rRNA partial gene sequence | Polymicrobial |
2019 | 43/F | UK | Breast abscess | MALDI-TOF MS | NO | Polymicrobial |
2019 | 40/F | USA | Infected endometrioma | Unknown | Unknown | Monomicrobial |
2017 | 60/M | Spain | Lymphocele infection | Bruker Biotyper (score: 2.09) | NO | Monomicrobial |
2017 | 48/F | Spain | Peritoneal infection | Bruker Biotyper (score 2.27) | NO | Monomicrobial |
2015 | 68/F | UK | Brain abscess | MALDI-TOF MS | 16S rDNA partial sequencing | Polymicrobial |
2015 | 22/F | UK | Primary actinomycosis of the breast | NO | NO | Polymicrobial |