Table 3.
Clinical isolate identificationa
| Biochemical Identificationb | Number of isolates | Cycle Sequencing Identification | Pyrosequencing Identification |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. albicans | 10 | C. albicans | C. albicans |
| C. glabrata | 5 | C. glabrata | C. glabrata |
| C. guilliermondii | 3 | C. guilliermondii | C. guilliermondii |
| C. haemulonii | 1 | C. haemulonii | C. haemulonii |
| C. lusitaniae | 3 | C. lusitaniae | C. lusitaniae |
| C. parapsilosis | 3 | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis species complexc |
| C. parapsilosis | 2 | C. orthopsilosis | C. parapsilosis species complexc |
| C. tropicalis | 2 | C. tropicalis | C. tropicalis |
a
Clinical isolates obtained from patients being treated at the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health.
b
Biochemical carbohydrate assimilation tests performed with API 20C AUX kit (BioMerieux, Durham, NC).
c
C. parapsilosis species complex consists of a set of newly defined species C. parapsilosis, C. orthopsilosis and C. metapsilosis [17].