Using MALDI-TOF-MS to test Staphylococcus aureus-infected vitreous.PURPOSE
 This study aimed to establish a method for testing Staphylococcus aureus in the vitreous of endophthalmitis with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), which is simple, fast, and sensitive.


 The pellet of the vitreous mixture was analyzed with MALDI-TOF-MS.


 A method for testing S. aureus directly from vitreous samples of endophthalmitis by the combination of easy extraction methods and a MALDI-TOF- MS assay was provided. 
MALDI-TOF-MS
This study aimed to establish a method for testing Staphylococcus aureus in the vitreous of endophthalmitis with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), which is simple, fast, and sensitive.



matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry