TABLE 1.

Identification of Candida by PNA-FISH versus standard phenotypic identification

PNA-FISH probe	No. of isolates found positive/no. isolates testeda								Test characteristics
	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)

^aND, not done.