TABLE 2.

Hemoculture and quantitative BG results for candidemia and geotrichosis patients

Patient no.	Fungus isolated in hemoculture	Days from serum sampling to first positive hemoculture	BG level (pg/ml)	M level (μg/ml)
1	C. parapsilosis	−8	77	<0.250
2	C. glabrata	−4	49	<0.250
3	C. guilliermondii	−4	>500	1.47
4	C. albicans	−3	>500	>2
5	C. albicans	−2	>500	>2
6	C. glabrata	−1	>500	1.121
7	C. krusei	−1	46	1.071
8	C. albicans	0	247	<0.250
9	C. guilliermondii	0	358	<0.250
10	C. albicans	1	>500	<0.250
11	C. albicans	1	>500	>2
12	C. glabrata	1	181	<0.250
13	C. lusitaniae	1	>500	1.026
14	C. guilliermondii	2	289	<0.250
15	C. tropicalis	2	>500	1.436
16	C. guilliermondii	3	151	1.2
17	C. guilliermondii	3	282	<0.250
18	C. albicans	4	160	<0.250
19	C. albicans	5	21	NA
20	C. tropicalis	5	>500	NA
21	C. glabrata	5	312	0.62
22	C. krusei	6	>500	<0.250
23	C. albicans	7	83	<0.250
24	C. glabrata	7	198	1.650
25	C. krusei	8	210	<0.250
26	C. albicans	14	>500	NA
27	G. capitatum	−4	>500	<0.250*

a NA, not available; *, GM test = 0.68.