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They were all identified using MALDI-TOF MS and compared with other two identification systems.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Statistical Analysis\u2003Comparison of categorical variables by Fisher's exact test or Pearson's chi-square test was done. All statistical tools were two tailed, and a significant level p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05 was used. All statistical tests were performed using SPSS v22.0 (Armonk IBM Corp., New York, United States). Cohen's kappa coefficients were also calculated and used as applicable.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003MALDI-TOF MS revealed 92 A. baumannii, 2 Acinetobacter nosocomialis, 3 Acinetobacter lwoffii, and 1 each was identified as Acinetobacter junii, Acinetobacter johnsonii, and Acinetobacter tandoii. There was moderate agreement between identification by MicroScan WalkAway and MALDI-TOF, and substantial agreement between conventional biochemical tests and MALDI-TOF. We found that there was a 100% categorical agreement with respect to susceptibility of aminoglycosides (amikacin, gentamicin, tobramycin) and cephalosporins (ceftazidime, cefepime, cefotaxime) between disk diffusion method and MicroScan WalkAway 96 Plus system. Total of 16 errors were observed.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion\u2003Although MALDI-TOF MS could be useful to identify A. baumannii but not other species in the genus, it is a rapid, reliable method and can be routinely used in clinical laboratories.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0042-1760401","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,18]],"date-time":"2023-01-18T23:45:04Z","timestamp":1674085504000},"page":"336-343","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Role of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization\u2013Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Species Identification of Acinetobacter Strains"],"prefix":"10.25259","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2424-7150","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anusha","family":"Krishnaraj","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, St John's Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 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