Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23:135-148. Evaluation of the Performance of ASTA MicroIDSys, a Novel Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry System, in Identification of Bacterial Clinical Isolates

Table 2. Comparison of bacterial identification between ASTA MicroIDSys and Bruker Biotyper for 167 glucose non-fermenting bacilli isolates
Reference identification (number of isolates)ASTA MicroIDSys, number of isolates Bruker Biotyper, number of isolates
Correctly identifiedMis-IDInvalid-ID Correctly identifiedMis-IDInvalid-ID
Genus levelSpecies level Genus levelSpecies level
Acinetobacter         
A. baumannii (47)4747   4747  
A. nosocomialis (28)2828   2722 1
A. pitti (13)1313   1313  
A. bereziniae (8)88   88  
A. haemolyticus (4)44   44  
A. ursingii (4)44   44  
A. seifertii (3)30*   30*  
A. radioresistens (2)22   22  
A. soli (2)20*   20*  
A. 14TU (A. colistiniresistens) (1)10*   10*  
A. baylyi (1)11   11  
A. grimontii (1)10*   10*  
A. gyllenbergii (1)10*   10*  
A. johnsonii (1)00 1 11  
A. lwoffii (1)11   11  
A. oleivorans (1)10   10*  
A. venetianus (1)10*   10*  
Pseudomonas         
P. aeruginosa (23)2323   2323  
Stenotrophomonas         
S. maltophilia (13)1313   1313  
Burkholderia         
B. cenocepacia (4)42   43  
B. cepacia (4)43   42  
Other GNFB         
Chryseobacterium massiliae (1)00 1* 10*  
Chryseobacterium gleum (1)11   11  
Chryseobacterium indologenes (1)11   11  
Moraxella catarrhalis (1)11   11  
Total number of isolates (%)165 (98.8)152 (91.0) 2 (1.2) 166 (99.4)147 (88.0) 1 (0.6)

*The protein spectra of the species were not included in the database.
Abbreviation: Mis-ID, misidentification; Invalid-ID, invalid identification.