. 2018 Jul 26;56(8):e00471-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00471-18

TABLE 2.

Impact of caspofungin or fluconazole on the sensitivity and performance of BacT/Alerta FA blood culture bottles and the T2Candida assay in the detection of Candida spp. at low and high inoculum levels^a

Candida species	Instrument	Inoculum of ∼1–5 cells/ml				Inoculum of ∼10–50 cells/ml
Candida species	Instrument	No. of cells/ml	ND (%)	CAS (%)	FLU (%)	No. of cells/ml	ND (%)	CAS (%)	FLU (%)
All species	BacT/Alert	1.7–5.7	97.5	97.5	85	17–57	100	100	92.5
All species	T2CA	1.7–5.7	95	95	95	17–57	100	100	100
C. albicans	BacT/Alert	1.7–4.7	100	100	50	17–47	100	100	87.5
C. albicans	T2CA	1.7–4.7	100	100	100	17–47	100	100	100
C. tropicalis	BacT/Alert	2.7–4.2	100	87.5	87.5	27–42	100	100	100
C. tropicalis	T2CA	2.7–4.2	100	100	100	27–42	100	100	100
C. glabrata	BacT/Alert	2–5.7	100	100	100	20–57	100	100	100
C. glabrata	T2CA	2–5.7	87.5	87.5	100	20–57	100	100	100
C. krusei	BacT/Alert	2.4–4.3	100	100	87.5	24–43	100	100	75
C. krusei	T2CA	2.4–4.3	87.5	87.5	87.5	24–43	100	100	100
C. parapsilosis	BacT/Alert	3.2–4.9	87.5	100	100	32–49	100	100	100
C. parapsilosis	T2CA	3.2–4.9	100	100	87.5	32–49	100	100	100

Low inoculum, 1 to 5 cells/ml; high inoculum, 10 to 50 cells/ml; ND, no drug; CAS, caspofungin; FLU, fluconazole; T2CA, T2Candida assay.