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Table 1 Matrix of concordance identification from MicroScan technology against MALDI-TOF MS technology

From: Comparison between MALDI-TOF MS and MicroScan in the identification of emerging and multidrug resistant yeasts in a fourth-level hospital in Bogotá, Colombia

Genus/Species

MALDI-TOF-MS (BRUKER BIOTYPER)

Overall MicroScan

Discrepancies or no-identification

Candida albicans

Candida auris

Candida dubliniensis

Candida glabrata

Candida guilliermondii

Candida intermedia

Candida kefyr

Candida krusei

Candida lusitaniae

Candida metapsilosis

Candida nivariensis

Candida orthopsilosis

Candida parapsilosis

Candida tropicalis

Cryptococcus gattii

Cryptococcus neoformans

Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii

Geotrichum candidum

Pichia kluyveri

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Unidentified

MicroScan (Beckman Coulter)

Blastoschizomyces spp.

                     

1

1

1

Candida albicans

305

 

4

                   

309

4

Candida catenulata

 

2

                    

2

2

Candida famata

 

1

   

4

                

5

5

Candida glabrata

   

40

      

1

           

41

1

Candida guilliermondii

    

6

                 

6

0

Candida inconspicua

 

1

                

1

   

2

2

Candida kefyr

      

3

               

3

0

Candida krusei

       

8

              

8

0

Candida lusitaniae

        

5

             

5

0

Candida parapsilosis

         

4

 

2

26

         

32

6

Candida tropicalis

             

53

        

53

0

Cryptococcus neoformans

              

2

9

2

     

13

4

Geotrichum spp.

                 

2

    

2

2

Rhodotorula rubra

                   

1

  

1

1

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

                    

11

 

11

0

Trichosporon beigelii

                     

3

3

3

 Unidentified

 

1

                    

1

1

Overall MALDI-TOF MS

305

5

4

40

6

4

3

8

5

4

1

2

26

53

2

9

2

2

1

1

11

4

498

32