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Table 1 Fungal species identified by culture and/or broad-range PCR; specimens n = 83

From: Similar efficacy of broad-range ITS PCR and conventional fungal culture for diagnosing fungal infections in non-immunocompromised patients

 

Culture positive, PCR positive

57

Culture positive, PCR negative

8

Culture negative, PCR positive

18

Microscopy positive (n = 37)

A. fumigatus

3

A. niger

1

A. fumigatus

1

C. albicans

13

    

C. albicans a and C. glabrata b

2

    

C. albicans a , C. lusitaniae b and S. cerevisiae b

1

    

C. albicans a and Penicillium sp. b

1

    

C. glabrata

4

    

C. norvegensis

1

    

C. parapsilosis

2

    

C. tropicalis

1

    

Colletotrichum sp.

1

    

Paecilomyces sp.

1

    

Rhizopus sp.

1

    

S. cerevisiae

4

    
 

Total

35

 

1

 

1

Microscopy negative (n = 46)

C. albicans

11

A. fumigatus

1

Acremonium sp.

1

C. albicans a and C. lusitaniae b and S. cerevisiae

1

C. glabrata

2

A. fumigatus

2

C. albicans a and Rhizopus sp. b

1

Cladosporum sp. c

3

A. glaucus

2

C. glabrata

5

Penicillium sp. c

1

A. nidulans

1

C. kefyr

1

  

Aspergillus sp.

1

C. lusitaniae

1

  

C. albicans

2

Penicillium sp.

1

  

C. lipolytica

1

S. cerevisiae

1

  

Mucor sp.

1

    

Paecilomyces farinosus

1

    

Rhodotorula minuta

3

    

Tulasnella sp.

1

    

Yarrowia lipolytica

1

Total

22

 

7

 

17

  1. adetected by PCR and culture
  2. bdetected by culture from a specimen that grew more than one fungal species
  3. cthese cultures were positive in culture by a single colony, or only in enrichment cultures