TABLE 2.
Comparison of mean fungal DNA levels recovered by extraction method
| Isolate | Contrast | Log difference | P valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. fumigatus conidia | FDNA vs UCS | −0.027 | 0.8860 |
| FDNA and UCS vs MPY | 0.580 | 0.0191 | |
| MPY vs MPPL and SM | 1.757 | <.0001 | |
| A. fumigatus hyphae | FDNA vs UCS | 0.784 | 0.0017 |
| UCS vs MPY | 0.779 | 0.0018 | |
| MPY vs MPPL and SM | 3.574 | <.0001 | |
| C. albicans | YL-GNOME vs MPY | 0.036 | 0.8639 |
| FDNA vs UCS | −0.161 | 0.4524 | |
| MMPL vs SM | 0.890 | 0.0005 | |
| YL-GNOME and MPY vs FDNA and UCS | 0.966 | <.0001 | |
| FDNA and UCS vs MMPL and SM | 1.918 | <.0001 |
a
P values shown in bold are significant at 0.05 by Bonferroni correction for contrasts on that organism.