TABLE 3.

Comparison of mycological culture and real-time PCR results for TS samples and heart valve tissues

Patient	Sex	Age (yr)	Clinical specimen	Culture result	Result of sequencing analysis of real-time PCR products
1	Female	53	TS	C. albicans	C. albicans
2	Female	87	TS	C. tropicalis	C. tropicalis
3	Male	70	TS	C. albicans	C. albicans or C. africana
4	Female	53	TS	C. albicans	C. albicans
5	Female	65	TS	C. albicans, C. parapsilosis	C. parapsilosis
6	Male	46	TS	P. aeruginosa,aC. parapsilosis	C. parapsilosis
7	Female	53	TS	C. albicans, Enterococcus spp.a	C. albicans
8	Male	79	TS	Candida spp.	C. albicans or C. africana
9	Male	83	TS	C. glabrata, Enterobacter chloaceaa	C. glabrata
10	Male	79	TS	C. albicans	C. albicans
11	Male	79	TS	C. albicans	C. albicans
12	Female	42	TS	Candida spp.	C. albicans, C. africana, C. dublienensis
13	Male	50	TS	Enterococcus spp.,aC. albicans	C. albicans
14	Female	1	TS	C. albicans	C. albicans
15	Male	50	TS	C. glabrata	C. glabrata
16	Male	67	TS	C. albicans	C. albicans
17	Male	70	TS	C. albicans	C. albicans
18	Male	79	TS	C. albicans, Enterococcus spp.a	C. albicans
19	Male	60	TS	C. albicans	C. albicans
20	Female	69	TS	C. albicans	C. albicans
21	Male	74	Heart valve tissue	C. albicans, Corynebacterium spp.a	C. albicans

^aMolecular genetic screening for bacterial DNA was not performed.