Table 2.
Performance of MALDI Biotyper system for yeast identification on 42 yeast pathogens in blood
| No. of isolates tested | Phenotypic identification | Biotyper identification |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive blood culture | Pure colony | ||
| 28 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans |
| 8 | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis |
| 4 | C. tropicalis | C. tropicalis | C. tropicalis |
| 1 | C. neoformans | C. neoformans | C. neoformans |
| 1a | C. lusitaniae | C. tropicalis | C. tropicalis |
a
The isolate was identified to be C. tropicalis by 28S rRNA gene sequencing.