Table 2.
Performance of the different databases for the identification of C. haemulonii sensu stricto, C. haemulonii variety vulnera, C. duobushaemulonii, C. pseudohaemulonii, and C. auris isolates/strains.
| Species/variety | Bruker Microflex LTTM | VITEK MSTM | |||
| BiotyperTM v.3.1 (% with LS1 ≥ 2) | BiotyperTM v.3.1 with in-house MSPs2 (% with LS ≥ 2) | IVD (% with CI3 ≥ 60%) | RUO (% with CI ≥ 75%) | RUO with in-house SuperSpectra (% with CI ≥ 75%) | |
| Candida haemulonii sensu stricto (n = 16) | 16/16 (100) | 16/16 (100) | 16/16 (100) | 0/16 (0) | 16/16 (100) |
| C. haemulonii var. vulnera (n = 12) | 0/0 (0) | 0/12 (0)4 | 0/12 (0)4 | 0/12 (0) | 0/12 (0)4,5 |
| Candida duobushaemulonii (n = 13) | 9/13 (69) | 13/13 (100) | 0/13 (0)4 | 0/13 (0) | 13/13 (100) |
| Candida pseudohaemulonii (n = 2) | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 0/2 (0)4 | 0/2 (0) | 2/2 (100) |
| Candida auris (n = 2) | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 0/2 (0) | 0/2 (0) | 2/2 (100) |
1LS, logscore values; 2MSP, main spectrum profile; 3CI, confidence interval for a single species; 4misidentified as C. haemulonii sensu stricto; 5not able to find specific masses for the creation of SuperSpectra for the var. vulnera.