Comparison of Autof ms1000 and Bruker Biotyper MALDI-TOF MS Platforms for Routine Identification of Clinical Microorganisms

Table 1

Identification results of preserved strains.

Group of organisms		Autof ms1000			Bruker Biotyper
		Species (%)	Genus (%)	No reliable ID (%)	Species (%)	Genus (%)	No reliable ID (%)
Enterobacterales	59	59 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	59 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Nonfermenters	26	26 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	26 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Other Gram-negative rods	6	6 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	6 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Gram-positive cocci	77	77 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	75 (97.4)	2 (2.6)	0 (0.0)
Gram-positive rods	3	3 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Anaerobes	12	11 (91.7)	1 (8.3)	0 (0.0)	12 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Fungi	22	20 (90.9)	0 (0.0)	2 (9.1)	19 (86.4)	3 (13.6)	0 (0.0)
Total	205	202 (98.5)	1 (0.5)	2 (1.0)	200 (97.6)	5 (2.4)	0 (0.0)

Abbreviation: ID = identification.