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Whole-genome sequence-informed MALDI-TOF MS diagnostics reveal importance of Klebsiella oxytoca group in invasive infections: a retrospective clinical study

Klebsiella spp. are opportunistic pathogens which can cause severe infections, are often multi-drug resistant and are a common cause of hospital-acquired infections. Multiple new Klebsiella species have recently ...

Aline Cuénod, Daniel Wüthrich, Helena M. B. Seth-Smith, Chantal Ott… in Genome Medicine (2021)

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Comparison of biomarker based Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and conventional methods in the identification of clinically relevant bacteria and yeast

MALDI-TOF MS is an analytical method that has recently become integral in the identification of microorganisms in clinical laboratories. It relies on databases that majorly employ pattern recognition or finger...

Ali Kassim, Valentin Pflüger, Zul Premji, Claudia Daubenberger… in BMC Microbiology (2017)

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Erratum to: Reference intervals for thyroid stimulating hormone and free thyroxine derived from neonates undergoing routine screening for congenital hypothyroidism at a university teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study

Geoffrey Omuse, Ali Kassim, Francis Kiigu, Syeda Ra’ana Hussain… in BMC Endocrine Disorders (2017)

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Reference intervals for thyroid stimulating hormone and free thyroxine derived from neonates undergoing routine screening for congenital hypothyroidism at a university teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study

In order to accurately interpret neonatal thyroid function tests (TFTs), it is necessary to have population specific reference intervals (RIs) as there is significant variation across different populations pos...

Geoffrey Omuse, Ali Kassim, Francis Kiigu, Syeda Ra’ana Hussain… in BMC Endocrine Disorders (2016)

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Comparison of Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute and European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing guidelines for the interpretation of antibiotic susceptibility at a University teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

The Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) guidelines are the most popular breakpoint guidelines used in antimicrobial suscep...

Ali Kassim, Geoffrey Omuse, Zul Premji… in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimi… (2016)