Table 5.
Individual results of identification starting from whole blood samples of candidemia patients.
| Patient | Identification results | Match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional culture method | Sequencing method | IM Q-probe method | D Value | Cult. | Seq. | |
| HC | Not detected | Not detected | Not detected | — | — | — |
| 1 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.22 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.37 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.22 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.22 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 5 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.36 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 6 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.22 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.14 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 8 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.22 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 9 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.24 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 10 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.14 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 11 | C. albicans | C. albicans | C. albicans | 0.24 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 12 | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis | 0.36 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 13 | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis | 0.37 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 14 | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis | 0.41 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 15 | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis | C. parapsilosis | 0.14 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 16 | C. tropicalis | C. tropicalis | C. tropicalis | 0.22 | ✓ | ✓ |
HC, healthy control; Cult., culture results; Seq., sequencing results.
✓IM Q-probe identification result matched the culture/sequencing result.