TABLE 1.
Yields obtained by HSCD versus PC DNA extractiona
| Organism and CFU | Mean ± SEM (μg/ml)
|
95% CI (μg/ml) (min, max)
|
Two-tailed P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSCD | PC | HSCD | PC | ||
| Yeasts | |||||
| C. albicans | |||||
| 108 | 19.02 ± 1.94 | 3.03 ± 0.06 | +14.54, +23.50 | +2.88, +3.18 | ≤0.005 |
| 107 | 0.76 ± 0.08 | 0.70 ± 0.05 | +0.57, +0.94 | +0.58, +0.83 | NS |
| T. beigelii | |||||
| 108 | 6.07 ± 0.98 | 1.71 ± 0.15 | +3.82, +8.33 | +1.37, +2.05 | ≤0.005 |
| 107 | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0.39 ± 0.04 | +0.17, +0.27 | +0.29, +0.49 | ≤0.05 |
| C. neoformans | |||||
| 108 | 1.71 ± 0.43 | 2.32 ± 0.31 | +0.72, +2.69 | +1.62, +3.02 | NS |
| 107 | 0.99 ± 0.23 | 0.47 ± 0.11 | +0.46, +1.51 | +0.22, +0.72 | ≤0.05 |
| Filamentous fungi | |||||
| A. fumigatus | |||||
| 108 | 29.94 ± 1.88 | 10.22 ± 1.42 | +25.59, +34.28 | +6.95, +13.49 | ≤0.005 |
| 107 | 2.59 ± 0.73 | 1.22 ± 0.26 | +0.92, +4.27 | +0.63, +1.81 | ≤0.01 |
| F. solani | |||||
| 108 | 49.12 ± 5.50 | 0.90 ± 0.03 | +36.43, +61.81 | +0.82, +0.97 | ≤0.005 |
| 107 | 2.48 ± 0.22 | QNS | +1.96, +3.00 | QNS | |
a
CI, confidence interval; NS, not significant; QNS, quantity not sufficient. n is 9 for both procedures, all organisms, and all CFU values.