TABLE 2.
Number and species of non-C.glabrata isolates yielding a false-positive result with the GLABRATA RTT test (RTT) and the dipstick test (DT) after growth on the indicated agara
| Species | No. of strains tested | No. of strains identified
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chromagar Candida
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Candida ID
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SAB 4%
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SAB 2%
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Blood agar
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| RTT | DT | RTT | DT | RTT | DT | RTT | DT | RTT | DT | ||
| C. albicans | 109 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 49 |
| C. tropicalis | 40 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| C. parapsilosis | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| C. guilliermondii | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| C. kefyr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. lusitaniae | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| C. sake | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C. krusei | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C. dubliniensis | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. rugosa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other yeastsb | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 242 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 77 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 34 | 39 | 103 |
See Table 1, footnote b.
C. pelliculosa (n = 4), C. utilis (n = 1), C. species (n = 1), and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (n = 1).