Table 3. Detailed overview of the results comparing the direct and indirect method, expressed as percentages for each of 5 types of samples.

Categories	Throat (IC)	Throat (H)	Rectal (IC)	Rectal (H)	Vaginal (G)	Total
Total number of samples	100	11	100	63	73	347
Negative with both methods (%)	25.0	72.7	55.0	61.9	76.7	52.8
Positive with both methods (1 species) (%)	41.0	9.1	26.0	12.7	17.8	25.6
Candida albicans	34.0	0.0	19.0	4.8	12.3	18.7
C. dubliniensis	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.4	1.4
C. glabrata	1.0	9.1	3.0	1.6	4.1	2.6
C. guilliermondii	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.3
C. parapsilosis	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	0.0	1.2
C. robusta	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.6	0.0	0.9
C. tropicalis	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Geotrichum silvicola	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Positive with both methods (2 or more species) (%)	12.0	0.0	6.0	1.6	0.0	5.5
C. albicans/C. dubliniensis	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
C. albicans/C. glabrata	7.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	3.5
C. glabrata/C. krusei	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
C. glabrata/C. lusitaniae	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
C. kefyr/C. parapsilosis/Pichia manshurica	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.3
C. parapsilosis/C. robusta	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Discrepancies (%)	22.0	18.2	13.0	23.8	5.5	16.1

Legend: IC: Intensive Care, H: Haematology, G: Gynaecology.