Table 2. Species and genus identification of clinical yeast isolates by MALDI-TOF MS.

Yeast species(final ID)*	No. tested	No ID(score <1.7)	No. with genus level ID (score ≥1.7)	% genus ID	No. with species level ID (score >2.0)	% species ID
Retrospective study
Candida spp.	148	6	142	96	127	86
Candida albicans	25	0	25	100	25	100
Candida bracarensis	1	1	0	0	0	0
Candida dubliniensis	6	0	6	100	3	50
Candida famata	2	0	2	100	2	100
Candida glabrata	27	0	27	100	25	93
Candida guilliermondii	11	1	10	91	9	82
Candida haemulonii	1	0	1	100	1	100
Candida krusei	10	0	10	100	10	100
Candida lusitaniae	12	0	12	100	10	83
Candida nivariensis	10	3	7	70	5	50
Candida orthopsilosis	1	0	1	100	1	100
Candida parapsilosis	17	1	16	94	15	88
Candida sphaerica	1	0	1	100	1	100
Candida tropicalis	14	0	14	100	14	100
Candida utilis	10	0	10	100	6	60
Non-Candida yeasts	19	1	18	95	13	68
Arxiozyma telluris	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cryptococcus gattii	1	0	1	100	0	0
Cryptococcus neoformans	5	0	5	100	2	40
Geotrichum candidum	1	0	1	100	1	100
Geotrichum silvicola	1	0	1	100	1	100
Lipomyces orientalis	9	0	9	100	8	89
Lodderomyces elongisporus	1	0	1	100	1	100
Prospective study
C. albicans	18	0	18	100	17	94
Candida catenulata	1	0	1	100	1	100
C. dubliniensis	2	0	2	100	2	100
C. glabrata	26	0	26	100	22	85
C. kefyr	1	0	1	100	0	0
C. parapsilosis	7	0	7	100	6	86
C. tropicalis	1	0	1	100	1	100
C. krusei	1	0	1	100	1	100
C. neoformans	6	4	2	33	1	17
C. gattii	1	0	1	100	1	100
Geotrichum capitatum	1	0	1	100	1	100
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa	1	0	1	100	0	0
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	1	0	1	100	0	0

*All discrepant identifications between MALDI-TOF MS and biochemical methods were resolved by ITS sequencing [21], [22].