Table 2.

Biopsy specimens used in this study and the results of different detection methods

		Detection method
Sample no.	Source	Culture and ITS sequencing	PAS	LAMP
Paraffin wax-embedded tissues
1	Human, skin	Penicillium marneffei	+	+
2	Human, skin	P. marneffei	+	+
3	Human, skin	P. marneffei	−	+
4	Human, skin	P. marneffei	−	+
5	Human, lung	P. marneffei	+	+
6	Human, skin	P. marneffei	+	+
7	Human, lymph node	P. marneffei	+	+
8	Human, skin	P. marneffei	+	+
9	Human, skin	P. marneffei	+	+
10	Human, skin	P. marneffei	+	+
11	Human, skin	P. marneffei	+	+
12	Human, lung	P. marneffei	+	+
13	Human, skin	Sporathrix schenckii	−	−
14	Human, skin	S. schenckii	−	−
15	Human, face	S. schenckii	−	−
16	Human, lung	Aspergillus sp.	−	−
17	Human, leg	Fonsecaea pedrosoi	−	−
18	Human, leg	F. pedrosoi	−	−
19	Human, abdominal skin	F. pedrosoi	−	−
20	Human, face	Cryptococcus neoformans	−	−
21	Human, leg	Histoplasma capsulatum	+	−
22	Human, skin	Candida albicans Candida parapsilosis	+	−
23	Human normal skin	–	−	−
Bamboo rat tissues
1	Bamboo rat, kidney	P. marneffei	−	+
2	Bamboo rat, spleen	P. marneffei	−	+
3	Bamboo rat, lung	P. marneffei	−	+
4	Bamboo rat, liver	P. marneffei	−	+
5	Bamboo rat, lung	P. marneffei	−	+
6	Bamboo rat, liver	P. marneffei	−	+
7	Bamboo rat, lung	P. marneffei	−	+
8	Bamboo rat, spleen	P. marneffei	−	+
9	Bamboo rat, lung	P. marneffei	−	+
10	Bamboo rat, liver	P. marneffei	−	+
11	Bamboo rat, lung	P. marneffei	−	+
12	Bamboo rat, liver	–	−	−