Table 9 Comparison of the identification efficiency of the two databases per species, using the D1 algorithm of identification with a 1.7 LS threshold, for 180 strains that are represented by three or more strains in both reference databases
In-House database | Bruker database | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nb of isolates | % accepted | species PPV | % accepted | species PPV | |
Absidia corymbifera | 2 | 100.00 | 1.00 | 50.00 | 1.00 |
Alternaria alternata | 2 | 100.00 | 0.50 | 100.00 | 1.00 |
Aspergillus flavus | 15 | 100.00 | 1.00 | 73.33 | 1.00 |
Aspergillus fumigatus | 20 | 95.00 | 1.00 | 45.00 | 1.00 |
Aspergillus nidulans | 8 | 100.00 | 1.00 | 75.00 | 1.00 |
Aspergillus niger | 4 | 100.00 | 1.00 | 50.00 | 1.00 |
Aspergillus parasiticus | 2 | 100.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | Not Relevant |
Aspergillus terreus | 10 | 100.00 | 1.00 | 30.00 | 1.00 |
Aspergillus versicolor | 3 | 66.67 | 1.00 | 33.33 | 1.00 |
Exophiala dermatitidis | 2 | 50.00 | 1.00 | 50.00 | 1.00 |
Fusarium oxysporum | 21 | 80.95 | 1.00 | 19.05 | 1.00 |
Fusarium proliferatum | 10 | 100.00 | 1.00 | 60.00 | 0.33 |
Fusarium solani | 7 | 57.14 | 0.25 | 28.57 | 1.00 |
Microsporum canis | 2 | 100.00 | 1.00 | 50.00 | 1.00 |
Purpureocillium lilacinus | 3 | 66.67 | 1.00 | 66.67 | 1.00 |
Paecilomyces variotii | 3 | 66.67 | 1.00 | 66.67 | 1.00 |
Penicillium chrysogenum | 27 | 100.00 | 0.96 | 33.33 | 1.00 |
Scedosporium apiospermum | 11 | 100.00 | 0.82 | 81.82 | 1.00 |
Schizophyllum commune | 4 | 100.00 | 1.00 | 100.00 | 1.00 |
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis | 15 | 86.67 | 1.00 | 46.67 | 0.71 |
Trichophyton interdigitale | 1 | 100.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | Not Relevant |
Trichophyton rubrum | 8 | 87.50 | 0.86 | 37.50 | 0.67 |
Total Isolates | 180 | 91.67 | 0.95 | 47.22 | 0.92 |