TABLE 2.
Mold recovery by source and medium typesa
| Specimen source | No. (%) of isolatesb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMA | SDAE | MYA | IMA and SDAE | IMA and MYA | Total | |
| Nonskin | 665 | 340 | NC | 322 | NC | 1,327 |
| Respiratory | 480 | 263 | NC | 212 | NC | 955 |
| Tissues | 27 | 11 | NC | 21 | NC | 59 |
| Body fluids | 12 | 10 | NC | 5 | NC | 27 |
| Unspecified | 146 | 56 | NC | 84 | NC | 286 |
| Skin | 345 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 84 | 490 |
| Toe/nails | 239 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 50 | 318 |
| Hair | 6 | NC | 2 | NC | 8 | 16 |
| Unspecified | 100 | NC | 20 | NC | 26 | 146 |
| Total | 1,010 (55.6) | 341 (18.8) | 57 (3.1) | 325 (17.9) | 84 (4.6) | 1,817 |
a
Actinomycetes (7 isolates) and nonrecoverable molds (4 isolates) are not included.
b
IMA, inhibitory mold agar; SDAE, Sabouraud dextrose agar Emmons; MYA, mycobiotic agar; NC, no culture setup.