Table 1.
Frequency fungal elements recognized based on rapid direct examination methods and incubation time (N = 189)
| 30 minutes N (%) | 2-hour N (%) | >6 hour or overnight N (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | |
| aKOH | 68 (35.98) | 121 (64.02) | 77 (40.74) | 112 (59.26) | 100 (52.91) | 89 (47.09) |
| bCFW | 101 (53.44) | 88 (46.56) | 119 (62.96) | 70 (37.04) | 121 (64.02) | 68 (35.98) |
| CSB | 104 (55.03) | 85 (44.97) | 122 (64.55) | 67 (35.45) | 124 (65.61) | 65 (34.39) |
a
KOH (Reference method)
b
CFW (Gold. Standard)