TABLE 3.
Numbers of species identified by the two-step and conventional methods
Identification by two-step method | No. of specimens (with single/multiple species) identified by conventional method as:
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C. albicans (n = 137/35) | C. glabrata (n = 14/13) | C. krusei (n = 8/5) | C. tropicalis (n = 3/20) | Negative (n = 69/7) | |
C. albicans | 134/34 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 6/5 |
C. glabrata | 0/1 | 11/9 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
C. krusei | 1/0 | 0/1 | 7/5 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
C. tropicalis | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3/19 | 0/1 |
Negative | 2/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 63/NAa |
NA, not applicable.