Table 1.
Patient | Diagnosis | Blood culture | Other results | Antifungal treatment | positive results/samples tested ± 7 days of diagnosis | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Platelia 13/21 (61.90%) | Platelia Plus 11/13 (84.62%) | Serion 12/24 (50%) | Fungitell 12/13 (92.31%) | |||||
1 | Candidemia | C. albicans | – | Yes | 0/2 | – | 0/3 | – |
2 | Candidemia | C. parapsilosis | – | Yes | 0/1 | – | 0/1 | – |
3 | Deep organ candidiasis | – | Pleural aspirate: C. glabrata | Yes | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/3 |
4 | Candidemia | C. albicans | – | Yes | 0/1 | 0/1 | – | |
5 | Candidemia | C. albicans | – | Yes | 3/3 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 1/1 |
6 | Candidemia | C. albicans | PCR: C. albicans | Yes | 4/6 | 2/2 | 4/6 | 2/2 |
7 | Endocarditis | – | Histology + culture: C. albicans | Unclear | 0/1b | 0/2b | 0/2a | 2/2 |
8 | Candidemia | – | PCR: C. glabrata | Yes | 1/2a,b | 3/3b | 0/3 | 3/3 |
9 | Candidemia | C. lusitaniae | BAL: C. lusitaniae | Yes | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 1/2a |
a1 sample yielded in an inconclusive result
b1 serum sample obtained was only tested with the Platelia Plus assay