| discrimination of streptococcus equi subsp. equi and streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. | accurate and timely identification of infectious etiologies is of great significance in veterinary microbiology, especially for critical diseases such as strangles, a highly contagious disease of horses caused by streptococcus equi subsp. equi. we evaluated a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (maldi-tof ms) platform for use in species- and subspecies-level identification of s. equi isolates from horses and compared it with an automated biochemical syste ... | 2017 | 28460559 |