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 3. Comparison of bacterial identification between ASTA MicroIDSys and Bruker Biotyper for 216 Gram-positive cocci 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
Staphylococcus         
S. aureus (45)4545   4545  
S. epidermidis (42)4242   4242  
S. capitis (9)99   99  
S. haemolyticus (8)88   88  
S. lugdunensis (8)88   88  
S. caprae (6)66   66  
S. hominis (5)55   55  
S. pasteuri (3)33   33  
S. saprophyticus (2)22   22  
S. simulans (1)11   11  
S. warneri (1)11   11  
Enterococcus         
E. faecium (45)4545   4545  
E. faecalis (20)2020   2020  
E. avium (1)11   11  
E. casseliflavus (1)11   11  
E. gallinarum (1)11   11  
E. raffinosus (1)11   11  
Streptococcus         
S. agalactiae (5)55   55  
S. pneumoniae (3)33   22 1
S. anginosus (2)22   22  
S. constellatus (1)11   11  
S. dysgalactiae (1)11   11  
S. gallolyticus (1)11   11  
S. pyogenes (1)11   11  
S. salivarius (1)11   11  
Other Gram-positive cocci         
Lactococcus lactis (1)11   11  
Micrococcus luteus (1)11   11  
Total number of isolates (%)216 (100)216 (100)   215 (99.5)215 (99.5) 1 (0.5)

Abbreviation: Mis-ID, misidentification; Invalid-ID, invalid identification.