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. 2005 Jan;43(1):499–501. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.499-501.2005

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
Chromagar Candida
Candida ID
SAB 4%
SAB 2%
Blood agar
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
a

See Table 1, footnote b.

b

C. pelliculosa (n = 4), C. utilis (n = 1), C. species (n = 1), and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (n = 1).