Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns, In Vitro Production of Virulence Factors, and Evaluation of Diagnostic Modalities for the Speciation of Pathogenic Candida from Blood Stream Infections and Vulvovaginal Candidiasis

Table 2

Identification of Candida spp. by using species-specific PCR, Vitek 2 Compact, and HiCrome Agar.

Candida spp.	Species-specific PCR; (𝑁)	Vitek 2 Compact; (𝑛); (misidentified as)	HiCrome Agar; (𝑛); (misidentified as)
C. albicans	41	37; (3 C. tropicalis, 1 C. parapsilosis)	48; (4 C. tropicalis, 3 C. parapsilosis)
C. tropicalis	30	27; ( 2 C. parapsilosis, 1 C. albicans)	25; (1 C. parapsilosis, 1 C. glabrata)
C. parapsilosis	18	17; (1 C. tropicalis)	13; (1 C. tropicalis)
C. glabrata	13	13	12
C. krusei	3	3	3
Unidentified*	5	5	0

∗Of the five isolates unidentified by PCR, two were identified as Trichosporon inkin by Vitek 2 Compact. The remaining three were unidentified by both PCR and Vitek 2 Compact.