TABLE 2.

Candida growth detection in the BACTEC 9240 automated blood culture system compared to growth detection by terminal subculture

Candida sp.	No./n (%) positive
	Aerobic bottles		Anaerobic bottles
	BACTEC	Subculture	BACTEC	Subculture
C. albicans	11/12 (92)	11/12 (92)	0/12 (0)	11/12 (92)
C. tropicalis	12/12 (100)	12/12 (100)	4/12 (33)	12/12 (100)
C. glabrata	6/9 (67)	9/9 (100)	5/9 (56)	9/9 (100)
C. krusei	5/5 (100)	5/5 (100)	1/5 (20)	5/5 (100)
C. lusitaniae	3/3 (100)	3/3 (100)	1/3 (33)	3/3 (100)
C. parapsilosis	3/3 (100)	3/3 (100)	0/3 (0)	3/3 (100)
C. guilliermondii	2/2 (100)	2/2 (100)	0/2 (0)	2/2 (100)
C. kefyr	2/2 (100)	2/2 (100)	0/2 (0)	2/2 (100)
C. firmetaria	1/1 (100)	1/1 (100)	0/1 (0)	0/1 (0)
C. rugosa	0/1 (0)	1/1 (100)	0/1 (0)	1/1 (100)
Total	45/50 (90)	49/50 (98) (NS)a	11/50 (22)	48/50 (96) (P < 0.001)

^aNS, not significant.