Table 2.
Candida presence and presumptive identification by culture and PCR.
| Patient ID | Candida presence | Presumptive Candida species identification (CHROMagar/RT-PCR) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue (Culture/PCR) | Palate (Culture/PCR) | Denture (Culture/PCR) | ||
| S001 | +/NT | +/NT | +/NT | C. albicans |
| S002 | −/NT | −/NT | −/NT | N/A |
| S003 | −/− | −/− | −/+ | Candida spp. |
| S004 | +/+ | +/+ | −/+ | C. albicans |
| S005 | +/+ | +/+ | −/− | C. albicans |
| S006 | −/− | −/+ | −/+ | Candida spp. |
| S007 | −/+ | −/− | −/+ | Candida spp. |
| S008 | −/+ | −/+ | −/+ | Candida spp. |
| S009 | −/+ | +/NT | −/+ | C. albicans |
| S010 | −/+ | −/+ | +/NT | C. albicans |
| S011 | +/+ | +/NT | +/+ | C. albicans |
| S012 | +/+ | +/NT | +/+ | C. albicans |
| S013 | −/− | −/− | −/+ | Candida spp. |
| S014 | +/− | −/+ | +/NT | C. albicans |
| S015 | −/− | −/− | −/+ | C. albicans |
| S016 | −/− | −/− | −/− | N/A |
| S017 | −/− | −/− | −/− | N/A |
| S018 | −/− | −/− | −/− | N/A |
| S019 | +/NT | +/NT | +/NT | C. albicans |
Candida presence (+) or absence (−) determined by positive agar culture and real-time PCR identification. Samples not tested by real-time PCR are denoted by NT. Samples that were positive by culture were further subcultured onto CHROMagar® Candida for presumptive identification of Candida species. N/A represents samples negative for detection of Candida by both culture and molecular analyses.