TABLE 4.
Clinical specificity of C. auris assay on the BD Max
| Specimen (no.) |
CT values for:a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serum | Urine | Sputum | Wound | BAL | |
| Spiked (5 × 105 CFU) | |||||
| C. auris AR0381 | 17.6 | 15.2 | 15.8 | 14.7 | 14.4 |
| C. haemulonii ATCC 22991 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| C. duobushaemulonii AR0391 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| C. lusitaniae AR0398 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Positive on Vitek 2 | |||||
| C. haemulonii (1) | ND | ||||
| C. albicans (3) | ND | ND | ND | ||
| C. parapsilosis (2) | ND; ND | ||||
| C. glabrata (4) | ND; ND; ND; ND | ||||
| C. tropicalis (2) | ND | ND | |||
| Curvularia spp. (1) | ND | ||||
| Yeast (not C. neoformans) (2) | ND; ND | ||||
a
ND, not detected; BAL, bronchial lavages.