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Identification, Typing, Antifungal Resistance Profile, and Biofilm Formation of Candida albicans Isolates from Lebanese Hospital Patients

Table 1

Discrepancy in identification rates. Table encompasses the 22 isolates that were differentially identified by the four identification methods used.


Sample ID	Germ tube (hospital identification)	Germ tube	CHROMagar	API	ITS	Antifungal resistance*	Biofilm

IB001	Typing needed	−	Unidentifiable	C. sphaerical	Pichia spp.	AP, POS	−
IB016	C. albicans	+	C. albicans	C. albicans	C. glabrata	AND, POS, FL	−
IB019	Non-albicans	−	C. glabrata	C. glabrata	C. albicans	POS, FL	−
IB026	Non-albicans	−	C. glabrata	C. glabrata	C. albicans	POS, FL	−
IB028	C. albicans	+	C. albicans	C. albicans	C. tropicalis	POS, FL	−
IB029	C. albicans	+	C. tropicalis	C. tropicalis	C. tropicalis	AP	−
IB030	C. albicans	+	C. tropicalis	C. tropicalis	C. albicans	POS, FL	−
IB060	Non-albicans	−	C. albicans	C. albicans	C. albicans	FL, AP	−
IB063	Non-albicans	−	C. tropicalis	C. tropicalis	C. albicans	POS, FL, AP	+
IB064	C. albicans	+	C. albicans	C. albicans	C. tropicalis	POS, FL	+
IB067	Non-albicans	−	C. albicans	C. albicans	C. albicans	POS, FL	+
IB068	Non-albicans	−	C. albicans	C. albicans	C. albicans	AP	+
IB070	Non-albicans	−	C. glabrata	C. glabrata	C. albicans	POS, FL	−
IB071	Non-albicans	−	C. tropicalis	C. tropicalis	C. glabrata	POS, FL, AP	+
IB072	Non-albicans	−	C. albicans	C. albicans	C. albicans	POS, FL	−
IB077	Non-albicans	−	C. albicans	C. albicans	C. albicans	Sensitive to all	−
IB078	C. albicans	+	C. glabrata	C. glabrata	C. glabrata	POS, AP	+
IB080	Non-albicans	−	White color	C. lusitaniae	C. tropicalis	FL, AP	−
IB081	Non-albicans	−	C. glabrata	C. glabrata	C. tropicalis	AP	−
IB083	Non-albicans	−	C. albicans	C. albicans	C. albicans	POS, FL	−
IB086	Non-albicans	−	C. albicans	C. albicans	C. albicans	FL, AP	−
IB097	Non-albicans	−	C. glabrata	C. glabrata	C. albicans	POS, FL, AP	−

AND: anidulafungin, AP: amphotericin B, FL: fluconazole, and POS: posaconazole. Biofilm “−” refers to strains that form biofilm at a rate lower than the reference strain SC5314, while biofilm “+” refers to strain that forms biofilm at a higher rate than the reference strain.