Identification of Yersinia enterocolitica isolates from humans, pigs and wild boars by MALDI TOF MS

Abstract

The results of our study indicate wild boars as a reservoir of new and atypical strains of Yersinia, for which protein and biochemical profiles are not included in the MALDI Biotyper or VITEK^® 2 Compact databases. Pigs in the south-west Poland are the reservoir for pathogenic Y. enterocolitica strains. Four biochemical features included in VITEK^® 2 Compact known to be common with Wauters scheme were shown to produce incompatible results, thus VITEK^® 2 Compact cannot be applied in biotyping of Y. enterocolitica.