摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to the identification of infectious pathogens, particularly viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms. The invention provides a method whereby pathogens of acute infections can be identified, without first culturing them in external nutrient media, by mass spectrometric measurement of their protein profiles obtained from pathogens directly precipitated from body fluid into pellets by centrifuging. With this method, pathogens which cause acute infections can be identified in less than one hour.</p> |