TABLE 3.
Identification of clinical isolates by MALDI-TOF MS
| Organism (no. of isolates tested) | No. of isolates with spectral score of: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1.8 | 1.8-<1.9 | 1.9-<2.0 | >2.0 | |
| Candida albicans (20) | 20 | |||
| Candida catenulata (2) | 2 | |||
| Candida dubliniensis (12) | 12 | |||
| Candida glabrata (11) | 11 | |||
| Candida guilliermondii (15) | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Candida haemulonii (2) | 2 | |||
| Candida kefyr (10) | 10 | |||
| Candida krusei (9) | 1 | 8 | ||
| Candida lipolytica (9) | 9 | |||
| Candida lusitaniae (10) | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Candida metapsilosis (8) | 1 | 7 | ||
| Candida orthopsilosis (21) | 2 | 19 | ||
| Candida parapsilosis (17) | 17 | |||
| Candida pelliculosa (10) | 1 | 9 | ||
| Candida rugosa (7) | 1 | 6 | ||
| Candida tropicalis (8) | 8 | |||
| Cryptococcus neoformans (6) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Geotrichum candidum (2) | 2 | |||
| Malasezzia pachydermatis (2) | 2 | |||
| Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (5) | 5 | |||
| Trichosporon asahii (4) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Trichosporon coremiiforme (1) | 1 | |||
| Trichosporon mucoides (3) | 3 | |||
| Total (194) | 2 | 13 | 10 | 169 |