OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance of VITEK MS identification system in identification of pathogens so as to provide a new method for rapid identification of pathogens.METHODS A total of 948 strains of pathogens were isolated from hospitals from Apr 2014 to Jul 2014 and were identified by using VITEK-2Compact bacterial identification system and 16 SrRNA,rpoB,hisA,ITSgene segments sequencing analysis,the VITEK MS matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry was used for ide...