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. 2016 Aug 18;1(4):e00189-16. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00189-16

TABLE 2 .

Statistical analyses of species-specific differences in pathogenicitya

Species Pathogenicity difference P value for species:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1. C. albicans
2. C. tropicalis ns
3. C. auris (all) ns ns
4. C. auris (single) ns ns ns
5. C. auris (aggregative) 0.008 0.007 ns 0.02
6. C. parapsilosis 0.04 0.01 ns 0.04 ns
7. C. orthopsilosis 0.04 0.03 ns 0.05 ns ns
8. C. lusitaniae 0.01 0.01 ns 0.04 ns ns ns
9. C. guilliermondii 0.001 0.001 0.01 0.001 ns ns ns 0.02
10. C. glabrata 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02
11. C. krusei 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.003 0.009 ns
12. C. nivariensis 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.004 0.009 ns ns
13. C. bracarensis 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.007 0.03 ns ns
14. C. kefyr 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.007 0.03 ns ns ns
15. S. cerevisiae 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.007 0.03 ns ns ns ns
a

P values of <0.05 as determined using the Mann-Whitney (two-sample Wilcoxon) test are given for all species combinations where a given species (horizontal axis) was more pathogenic than another (vertical axis). ns, not statistically significant (P > 0.05). 1, C. albicans; 2, C. tropicalis; 3, C. auris (all); 4, C. auris (single); 5, C. auris (aggregative); 6, C. parapsilosis; 7, C. orthopsilosis; 8, C. lusitaniae; 9, C. guilliermondii; 10, C. glabrata; 11, C. krusei; 12, C. nivariensis; 13, C. bracarensis; 14, C. kefyr; 15, S. cerevisiae.