TABLE 3.
Culture-independent clinical sample analysisa

Shading of columns indicates concordance.
b CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; ET, endotracheal tube.
c NA, data not available.
d C. robusta was evaluated as a probable contamination.
e The sensitivity and specificity of the f-ITS2-PCR-CE approach compared with the combined results for cultivation and panfungal PCR plus sequencing.