TABLE 2.
Fungemia cases diagnosed on Mycosis IC/F and Plus Aerobic/F media according to species
| Species | Total no. of episodes | Positive on Mycosis IC/F
|
Positive on Plus Aerobic/F
|
P (Fisher's exact test) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of episodes | % | No. of episodes | % | |||
| C. albicans | 98 | 87 | 88.8 | 80 | 81.6 | 0.2270 |
| C. glabrata | 31 | 31 | 100 | 18 | 58.1 | <0.0001 |
| C. parapsilosis | 18 | 17 | 94.4 | 14 | 77.8 | 0.3377 |
| C. tropicalis | 15 | 15 | 100 | 13 | 86.7 | 0.4828 |
| C. krusei | 10 | 8 | 80 | 8 | 80.0 | 1.4180 |
| S. cerevisiae | 5 | 5 | 100 | 4 | 80.0 | 1.0000 |
| Othera | 9 | 9 | 100 | 4 | 44.4 | 0.0294 |
| Total | 187 | 173 | 92.5 | 142 | 75.9 | <0.0001 |
a
C. inconspicua and Cryptococcus neoformans, one episode each, positive on both media. Rhodotorula mucilaginosus, Malassezia furfur, C. guillermondii, and Fusarium proliferatum, one episode each, positive on Mycosis IC/F only. Combination of two yeasts, three episodes, two positive on both media, one positive on Mycosis C/F only.