FIG. 1.

Results of MT-PCR detection for 109 candidemic patients which have been stratified for time of collection relative to the time of collection of the first blood sample that flagged positive by culture (T = 0); i.e., those obtained before the time of collection of the blood sample that flagged positive by blood culture (BC) (T < 0), simultaneously with the time of collection of the blood sample that flagged positive by blood culture (T = 0), or after collection of the blood sample that flagged positive by blood culture (T > 0). T > 0 flag+, blood samples drawn after the blood culture had flagged positive. +ve, positive; WB, whole blood. Note that samples were collected from some patients at multiple time points.