Table 2.

Comparison of Time To Detection (TTD) Between Culture Media

	PA vs. FA	PA vs. MF	PA vs. ML	FA vs. MF	FA vs. ML	MF vs. ML
Fluconazole concentration
zero	ns	ns	ns	0.004	ns	0.003
1.9 mg/l	ns	ns	0.007	ns	0.023	0.041
4.7 mg/l	ns	0.014	<0.001	ns	0.001	ns
6.7 mg/l	ns	0.002	<0.001	ns	0.002	ns
Candida species
C. albicans	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
C. tropicalis	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	ns	<0.001	0.002
C. parapsilosis	0.003	0.011	<0.001	ns	0.011	ns
C. krusei	<0.001	0.005	<0.001	<0.001	ns	<0.001
Inoculum
1 CFU/ml	ns	ns	<0.001	ns	0.01	0.029
5 CFU/ml	0.016	ns	<0.001	ns	0.003	0.01
Total	0.004	0.01	<0.001	ns	<0.001	0.001

PA, Bactec Fx Plus Aerobic/F media; FA, BacT/Alert 3D FA media; MF, Bactec Mycosis IC/F media; ML, Bactec Myco/F Lytic media; ns, nonspecific.