Evaluation of Conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction for Accurate Species Identification of Elizabethkingia Compared to Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
Conventional PCR with specific primers for <i>E. anophelis</i> and <i>E. meningoseptica</i> is a reliable and cost-effective alternative to MALDI-TOF MS for accurate species-level identification of <i>Elizabethkingia</i>.
Authors
- Bijayini Behera
- Sushree Sarathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7769-5918)
- Sarita Mohapatra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8311-4112)
- Ashoka Mahapatra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4046-7305)
- S.S. Mahapatra
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.87087
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Infections and bacterial resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.80