192
Participants
Start Date
October 3, 2016
Primary Completion Date
March 31, 2017
Study Completion Date
April 15, 2017
Conventional microbiological identification by culture plate
Conventional microbiological identification involves a step of overnight-2days growth of bacteria/fungi on culture plates prior to identification by biochemical methods or by mass spectrometry. See also information noted in arm/group description.
Direct mass spectrometry identification from urine sample
The urine sample is concentrated and directly measured by a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer without an intermediary microbiological culture on agar plates.
University Hospital Basel, Basel
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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