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Table 1 Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic identification of yeasts obtained from positive blood culture bottles

From: A quick and low-cost PCR-based assay for Candidaspp. identification in positive blood culture bottles

Phenotypic identification

Genotypic identification

Species

Number of

Species

Number of

 

identified

 

identified

 

samples

 

samples

C. albicans

41

C. albicans

40

  

C. albicans + C. glabrata

1

C. glabrata

28

C. glabrata

28

C. guilliermondii

4

Meyerozyma guilliermondii

2

  

Clavispora lusitaniae

1

  

C. intermedia

1

C. krusei

15

Issatchenkia orientalis

15

C. lusitaniae

1

Clavispora lusitaniae

1

C. norvegensis

1

Pichia norvegensis

1

C. parapsilosis (sensu lato)

34

C. parapsilosis (sensu stricto)

27

  

C. orthopsilosis

7

C. pelliculosa

1

C. haemulonii

1

C. tropicalis

26

C. tropicalis

26

C. glabrata + C. albicans

1

C. albicans

1

Total

152

 

152

  1. Issatchenkia orientalis: teleomorph of C. krusei; Clavispora lusitaniae: teleomorph of C. lusitaniae; Meyerozyma guilliermondii: teleomorph of C. guilliermondii; Pichia norvegensis: teleomorph of C. norvegensis.