TABLE 2.
Comparison of culture, hybridization, and sequencing results from fresh samples obtained from patients with suspected or histologically proven fungus balls (n = 31)
| No. of samples | Histology result | Result determined by:
|
% Similarity with GenBank sequences | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture | Dot blot hybridization | Sequencing of 28S rDNA | |||
| 10 | Positive | A. fumigatus | A. fumigatus | A. fumigatus | 99-100 |
| 1 | Positive | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 100 |
| 2 | Positive | S. commune | Negative | S. commune | 99 |
| 1 | Positive | Basidiomycete | Negative | A. oryzae | 100 |
| 1 | Positive | C. glabrata | A. fumigatus | A. fumigatus | 100 |
| 1 | Positive | A. fumigatus | Negative | 2 sequences | |
| 11 | Positive | No growth | A. fumigatus | A. fumigatus | 99-100 |
| 1 | Positive | No growth | Negative | A. spergillus phoenicis/A. niger | 100 |
| 1 | Positive | No growth | Negative | P. boydii | 99 |
| 1 | Positive | No growth | P. boydii | 2 sequences | |
| 1 | Positive | No growth | A. fumigatus | Insufficient detection | <98 |