Table 4.
Overall performance of the NIH mold database and the Bruker library when adjusted to evaluate only isolates (n = 156) for which there were representative spectra in the manufacturer's library
| Library(ies) | No. of isolates (%) with the indicated scorea |
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|---|---|---|---|
| ≥2.0 | ≤1.99 and ≥1.7 | <1.7 | |
| Combined NIH and Bruker | 144 (92.3) | 4 (2.6) | 8 (5.1) |
| NIH alone | 144 (92.3) | 4 (2.6) | 8 (5.1) |
| Bruker alone | 3 (1.9) | 26 (16.7) | 127 (81.4) |
a
Scores represent the following: ≥2.0, species specific identification; ≤1.99 and ≥1.7, genus-specific identification; <1.7, no accurate identification.