MALDI Biotyper Systems by Bruker Life Science Mass Spectrometry

"The Bruker Maldi-Tof has clearly changed the way to identify bacteria and yeast. It has been revolutionary and the field has evolved into a vast microbial world that we never knew existed. The instrument performs very well, is easy to operate and it an exceptional value for the price. If any service is required, they are attentive, on time and every aspect is extraordinary. "

"MALDI TOF MS from Bruker is an excellent and robust machine. Microorganism identification is really easy and very fast to do. Furthermore, library construction for the identification of microorganisms that are not present in the database could be made. You need only three reagents to carry out the process and it takes about 5 minutes. Currently, we know that MALDI TOF is comparable to the gold standard method for microbial identification because MALDI TOF used ribosomal proteins to make the identification."

"The Bruker MALDI-TOF is a relatively easy to use module for definitive identification of bacterial and fungal organisms. Average processing time is approximately 3 minutes for identification. MALDI-TOF uses proteins to definitively identify the organism and is compared to a very expansive database, that is continuously expanding. The Bruker MALDI-TOF has been a huge asset to our department that has allowed us to enhance our provider and patient service to our community."

"The MALDI-ToF is an excellent piece of equipment that has improved patient care tenfold as the patients can be put on more appropriate antibiotic treatments sooner due to rapid identification of bacterial organisms, especially with positive blood cultures. ID can be done within 20 minutes on a single spot with a QC Bacterial Test Standard spot. Pros: Rapid identification including yeasts Excellent support service based in UK Don't need massive amounts of growth of organism Decreased labour/time from staff required over traditional ID methods Cons: BTS can be temperamental Expense Reagents and parts sourced from Germany (not as good if very urgently needed) Overall opinion: it's a very good addition to any lab, we would struggle (and we have) without it. Just needs work on the BTS problem"

"The Maldi is a highly complex analyzer. It isn't much to look at; but, as they say, looks can be deceiving. It takes what used to require 24-48 hours on the Walkaway (Microscan), literally a few minutes to acquire an identification of a bacterial pathogen. This is significantly astonishing. We are able to begin treatment so much sooner than before. Septic patients get the proper antibiolotics and not just broad spectrum, anaerobes are identified so much quicker, haemophilus no longer requires an additional 24 hours to grow on a special plate; but, can be identified in 2 minutes. Setting up your samples is probably the trickiest part of the analyzer. You have to be very precise on application. Not enough, too much, or mixed will cause you to have some issues and it will not work. Technique is the key. But, as long as everyone has good training and is taught proper technique, the skill will come with practice and time. It is very important that a fume hood be available. This is probably the only drawback of my purchase. It was never discussed or mentioned. The maldi requires very toxic, flammable acids and other chemicals to clean the target plates, and to assist in the identification. Be aware of this and prepared for what you will need."

"This product totally easy to use and reliable, analyze as faster as we need, flexible to handle and help our laboratory problems"

"Easy to handle, needs a little training, gets results quick. More time consuming for deeper access."

"Very safe to use, precise, efficient and I really recommended to pharmaceutical companies, institutions and microbiology labs where study continues with the microbial identification."

"Very efficient, fast, accurate, user friendly and will recommend to any clinical and research lab. working on microbial identification, quality control and research "