Table 2. Fungal species identified by fTEFAP at infection diagnosis.
| Age at collection | Fungal species identified | % of reads | fTEFAP reads in patient sample/fTEFAP reads in negative control(s) | |
| A | 8 years | Cryptococcus sp | 31 | 3,228 in sample |
| Malassezia sp | 24 | 0 in control CSF | ||
| Malassezia restricta | 16 | |||
| Phaeosphaeriopsis sp | 13 | |||
| Malassezia pachydermatis | 7 | |||
| Malassezia sympodialis | 4 | |||
| B | 3 months | Malassezia restricta | 37 | 1,802 in sample |
| Wallemia sp | 26 | 1,182 in control CSF | ||
| Malassezia sp | 14 | |||
| Cladosporium sp | 11 | |||
| Acremonium sp Ascomycota | 8 | |||
| C | 23 months | Malassezia restricta | 39 | 5,479 in sample |
| Wallemia sp | 16 | 0 in control CSF | ||
| Cladosporium sp | 13 | |||
| Rhodotorula mucilaginosa | 7 | |||
| Aureobasidium sp | 5 | |||
| Aspergillus penicilliodes | 5 | |||
| Aspergillus sp | 3 | |||
| Acremonium sp Ascomycota | 3 | |||
| D | 7 years | Schizophyllum commune | 23 | 3,919 in sample |
| Cladosporium sp | 18 | 1,182 in control CSF | ||
| Acremonium sp Ascomycota | 14 | |||
| Trametes elegans | 9 | |||
| Malassezia restricta | 8 | |||
| Wallemia sp | 7 | |||
| Debaryomyces hansenii | 5 | |||
| Malassezia sympodialis | 2 | |||
| Fusarium oxysporum | 2 | |||
| Malassezia sp | 2 | |||
| E | 13 months | Malassezia restricta | 20 | 4,779 in sample |
| Sistotremastrum sp | 15 | 93 in control CSF | ||
| Cladosporium sp | 13 | |||
| Didymella exitalis | 13 | |||
| Aspergillus sp | 10 | |||
| Malassezia sp | 5 | |||
| Malassezia globosa | 5 | |||
| Aspergillus penicilliodes | 4 | |||
| Aspergillus unguis | 3 | |||
| Phaeosphaeriopsis sp | 3 | |||
| Wallemia sp | 3 | |||
| Rhodotorula mucilaginosa | 3 | |||
| F | 8 years | Cladosporium sp | 20 | 3,883 in sample |
| Malassezia restricta | 14 | 0 in control CSF | ||
| Malassezia globosa | 9 | |||
| Emericella variecolor | 8 | |||
| Rhinocladiella sp | 8 | |||
| Peniophorella praetermissa | 5 | |||
| Spencermartinsia viticola | 4 | |||
| Cladosporium oxysporum | 4 | |||
| Coprinus sp | 4 | |||
| Cystofilobasidium capitatum | 4 | |||
| Malassezia sympodialis | 3 | |||
| Cryptococcus arrabidensis | 2 | |||
| Fellomyces sichuanensis | 2 | |||
| Malassezia pachydermatis | 2 | |||
| Cercospora beticola | 2 | |||
| G | 9 months | Flavodon flavus | 44 | 8,483 in sample |
| Antrodia xantha | 24 | 0 in control CSF | ||
| Malassezia restricta | 14 | |||
| Eurotium sp | 8 | |||
| Aspergillus unguis | 3 | |||
| Cladosporium cladosporioides | 3 | |||
| H | 2 months | Cladosporium sp | 37 | 5,266 in sample |
| Wallemia sp | 20 | 0 in control CSF | ||
| Cladosporium oxysporum | 6 | |||
| Malassezia restricta | 4 | |||
| Ceriporia sp | 4 | |||
| Malassezia globosa | 4 | |||
| Barriopsis fusca | 4 | |||
| Sarcomyxa serotina | 4 | |||
| Cochliobolus sp | 3 | |||
| Aspergillus caespitosus | 3 | |||
| Trichaptum larcinum | 2 |
Fungal taxa identified by ITS1F-ITS4R fTEFAP in the 8 initial CSF samples that comprised at least 2% or more of reads for that sample. None of the samples was cultured for fungi.