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. 2022 Feb 14;10(2):435. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10020435

Table 3.

Correct identification results of isolates from the test set.

Correct Identification with MALDI-TOF, Direct Smear Correct Identification with MALDI-TOF, Ethanol
Bruker Databases 1,
n (%)
Custom Databases 1,
n (%)
Bruker Databases 1 + Custom,
n (%)
Biomarker Assignment,
n (%)
Classifier Models,
n (%)
Bruker Databases 1,
n (%)
Custom Databases 1,
n (%)
Bruker Databases 1 + Custom,
n (%)
Biomarker Assignment,
n (%)
Classifier Models,
n (%)
Genus
Shigella (n = 217) 19 (9) 205 (94) 205 (94) 10 (5) 209 (96) 12 (6) 207 (95) 205 (94) 15 (7) 217 (100)
E. coli (n = 52) 49 (94) 26 (50) 29 (56) NA 11 (21) 47 (90) 35 (67) 37 (71) NA 4 (8)
Unassigned 2 2 (1) 1 (0.4) 3 (1) 257 (96) 0 (0) 1 (0.4) 0 (0) 3 (1) 250 (93) 0 (0)
Pathotype
Shigella/EIEC (n = 248) NA 233 (94) 241 (97) 217 (88) 145 (58) NA 245 (99) 242 (98) 225 (92) 147 (59)
Other E. coli (n = 21) 21 (100) 6 (29) 10 (48) NA 14 (67) 21 (100) 11 (52) 13 (62) NA 6 (29)
Unassigned 2 2 1 (0.4) 3 (1) 46 (17) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (1) 27 (10) 0 (0)
Group
Shigella (n = 217) 19 (9) 205 (94) 205 (94) 193 (89) 131 (60) 12 (6) 207 (95) 205 (94) 195 (90) 134 (62)
EIEC (n = 31) NA 9 (29) 8 (26) NA 2 (6) NA 19 (61) 19 (61) NA 0 (0)
Other E. coli (n = 21) 21 (100) 6 (29) 10 (48) NA 13 (62) 21 (100) 11 (52) 13 (62) NA 7 (33)
Unassigned 2 2 (1) 1 (0.4) 3 (1) 49 (23) 0 (0) 1 (0.4) 0 (0) 3 (1) 36 (13) 0 (0)
Species
S. dysenteriae (n = 11) 5 (45) 5 (45) 5 (45) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (36) 7 (64) 6 (55) 0 (0) 0 (0)
S. flexneri (n = 77) NA 70 (91) 70 (91) 24 (31) 6 (8) NA 73 (95) 73 (95) 30 (39) 3 (4)
S. boydii (n = 14) NA 1 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) NA 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
S. sonnei (n = 115) NA 110 (96) 110 (96) 113 (98) 92 (80) NA 112 (97) 112 (97) 108 (94) 101 (88)
EIEC (n = 31) NA 9 (29) 8 (26) 0 (0) 1 (3) NA 19 (61) 19 (61) 1 (3) 3 (10)
Other E. coli (n = 21) 21 (100) 6 (29) 10 (48) 0 (0) 12 (57) 21 (100) 11 (52) 13 (62) 0 (0) 4 (19)
Unassigned 2 2 (1) 1 (0.4) 3 (1) 85 (32) 0 (0) 1 (0.4) 0 (0) 3 (1) 97 (36) 0 (0)

NA = not applicable, as no discriminating peaks were assigned to these classes. 1 Bruker MALDI Biotyper database (V8.0.0.0) and the Bruker Security-Relevant Library (V1.0.0.0). 2 Number of isolates that could not be assigned to a class.