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Table 3 Accuracy of MALDI-TOF MS identification

From: Application of MALDI-TOF MS to rapid identification of anaerobic bacteria

Genus

Numbera

MALDI biotyperb

Vitekb

Parabacteroides

42/6

100% (I2 = 0.0%, P > 0.01)

72% (I2 = 83.3%, P > 0.01)

Peptostreptococcus

41/91

100% (I2 = 0.0%, P > 0.01)

97% (I2 = 76.6%, P > 0.01)

Eggerthella

36/26

100% (I2 = 21.8%, P > 0.01)

77% (I2 = 0.0%, P > 0.01)

Parvimonas

205/7

100% (I2 = 35.5%, P > 0.01)

98% (I2 = 19.0%, P > 0.01)

Clostridium

779/820

98% (I2 = 63.5%, P < 0.01)

94% (I2 = 96.7%, P < 0.01)

Finegoldia

233/17

98% (I2 = 77.8%, P < 0.01)

99% (I2 = 2.0%, P > 0.01)

Prevotella

404/105

92% (I2 = 84.1%, P < 0.01)

92% (I2 = 0.0%, P > 0.01)

Bacteroides

1517/435

97% (I2 = 89.4%, P < 0.01)

96% (I2 = 74.8%, P < 0.01)

Fusobacterium

214/34

91% (I2 = 89.7%, P < 0.01)

92% (I2 = 84.8%, P = 0.01)

Propionibacterium

605/6

90% (I2 = 91.6%, P < 0.01)

100% (I2 = 0.0%, P > 0.01)

Peptoniphilus

41/91

85% (I2 = 92.4%, P < 0.01)

62% (I2 = 96.8%, P < 0.01)

Actinomyces

79/28

74% (I2 = 94.5%, P < 0.01)

74% (I2 = 0.0%, P > 0.01)

  1. aThe left side of / is the number of samples of MALDI biotyper, and the right side of / is the number of samples of Vitek
  2. bThe higher I-square values combined P value more than 0.1 mean the higher heterogeneity between those studies