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Editorial

How MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry can aid diagnosis of hard-to-identify pathogenic bacteria

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Pages 509-511 | Received 09 Dec 2015, Accepted 17 Feb 2016, Published online: 10 Mar 2016

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