TABLE 1.
PNA-FISH probe | No. of isolates found positive/no. isolates testeda
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Test characteristics
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C. albicans | C. dubliniensis | C. glabrata | C. tropicalis | C. krusei | C. parapsilosis | S. cerevisiae | C. neoformans | % of sensitivity (95% CI) | % of specificity (95% CI) | |
C. albicans | 32/33 (97%) | 0/3 | 0/9 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 99 (84-100) | 100 (82-100) |
C. glabrata | 0/10 | 0/1 | 34/34 (100%) | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/3 | ND | 0/1 | 100 (90-100) | 100 (87-100) |
C. tropicalis | 0/8 | 0/2 | 0/11 | 21/21 (100%) | 0/7 | 0/2 | ND | 0/1 | 100 (75-100) | 100 (87-100) |
C. krusei | 0/6 | 0/1 | 0/7 | 0/6 | 13/13 (100%) | 0/5 | ND | 0/1 | 100 (66-100) | 100 (81-100) |
C. parapsilosis | 0/5 | ND | 0/2 | 0/3 | 0/5 | 9/9 (100%) | 0/1 | 0/1 | 100 (84-100) | 100 (88-100) |
ND, not done.