Research Article
Misidentification of Candida guilliermondii as C. famata among Strains Isolated from Blood Cultures by the VITEK 2 System
Table 1
VITEK 2 system, MALDI-TOF MS, and sequencing results for 28 Candida strains.
| | Strain | VITEK 2 | MALDI-TOF MS | Sequencing | | Identification | Score | Identification | Score | ID (28S gene) | Similarity | ID (ITS gene) | Similarity |
| | M07-1257 | C. guilliermondii | 97% | C. guilliermondii | 1.791 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 100% | | M07-1410 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.782 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M07-1525 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.882 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M07-1575 | C. famata | 95% | No ID* | 1.682 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M07-1586 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.878 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 98.34% | | M07-1601 | C. famata | 93% | C. guilliermondii | 1.951 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M07-1627 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.864 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M07-1639 | C. famata | 95% | No ID* | 1.700 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-0109 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.832 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-0121 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.951 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-0160 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.917 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-0197 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.719 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.63% | | M08-0217 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.892 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-0227 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.726 | C. guilliermondii | 99.80% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-0296 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.872 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-0328 | C. famata/C. guilliermondii | 50%/50% | C. guilliermondii | 2.068 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1839 | C. famata | 92% | No ID* | 1.615 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1847 | C. famata | 95% | No ID* | 1.492 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1848 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.825 | C. guilliermondii | 99.80% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1849 | C. famata | 95% | No ID* | 1.394 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1850 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 2.030 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1851* | C. famata/C. guilliermondii | 50%/50% | C. guilliermondii | 1.992 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1852 | C. famata | 95% | No ID* | 1.649 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1854 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.883 | C. guilliermondii | 99.80% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1855 | C. famata | 95% | No ID* | 1.637 | C. guilliermondii | 99.80% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1857 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.854 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1876 | C. famata | 95% | C. guilliermondii | 1.722 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% | | M08-1898 | C. famata | 92% | C. guilliermondii | 1.939 | C. guilliermondii | 100% | C. guilliermondii | 99.81% |
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No ID: not reliable identification.
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