TABLE 2.
Distribution of MALDI Biotyper scores depending on the culture plate and extraction protocola
| Score | IDFP DT |
IDFP EA |
SAB DT |
SAB EA |
CAN2 DT |
CAN2 EA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Score ≥2 | 42 | 63.6 | 49 | 74.2 | 23 | 34.8 | 36 | 54.5 | 34 | 51.5 | 27 | 40.9 |
| Score between 1.7 and 2 | 20 | 30.3 | 14 | 21.2 | 23 | 34.8 | 10 | 15.2 | 22 | 33.3 | 20 | 30.3 |
| Unreliable score | 3 | 4.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 20 | 30.3 | 15 | 22.7 | 8 | 12.1 | 8 | 12.1 |
| Spectra without peaks | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7.6 | 2 | 3.0 | 11 | 16.7 |
a
IDFP, ID fungi plates (Conidia, Lyon, France); SAB, Sabouraud agar with chloramphenicol (Becton, Dickinson GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany); CAN2, ChromID Candida agar (bioMérieux, Marcy-l’Etoile, France); DT, direct transfer-formic acid method; EA, formic acid-acetonitrile extraction method.