Bruker Corporation Announces Integrated Microbiology Workflow For MALDI Biotyper Microbial Identification and BD Phoenix TM Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

At the 21st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (www.congrex.ch/ECCMID2011), Bruker announced the successful completion of an integrated workflow using the Bruker MALDI Biotyper for microbial identification (ID) from cultures, and the BD Phoenix™ system for antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST). The ID and AST systems are integrated via the BD EpiCenter™ data management system.