Is MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry a Valuable New Tool for Microorganisms Epidemiology?

Silvia Vega Castano¹, Fernando Sanchez Juanes², Laura Ferreira³, Jose Manuel Gonzalez Buitrago^2,4,5 and Juan Luis Munoz Bellido^2,6,7,8*

¹Microbiology Unit, Asistencial Complex Segovia, Spain

²Institute of Biomedical Research Salamanca (IBSAL-CSIC), Spain

³MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Salamanca, Spain

⁴Clinical Analysis, Salamanca University Welfare Complex, Spain

⁵Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Salamanca, Spain

⁶Microbiology Unit, Salamanca University Welfare Complex, Spain

⁷Departament of Biomedical Sciences and Diagnostics, University of Salamanca, Spain

⁸Consolidated Research Unit Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Salamanca, Spain

^*Corresponding Author: Juan Luis Munoz Bellido, Microbiology Unit, Salamanca University Welfare Complex, Paseo De San Vicente, 58-182, 37007 Salamanca, Spain, Tel: +34 923294400/3536