Species distribution and clinical significance of filamentous fungi detected from respiratory specimens before and after matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry implementation.
BACKGROUND The clinical significance of filamentous fungi detected from respiratory specimens uncertain in routine clinical practice, particularly for non-Aspergillus. We evaluated longitudinal species distribution and clinical correlates after implementation of MALDI-TOF MS. METHODS This single-center retrospective...