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Table 2 Comparative analysis of yeast identification by MALDI-TOF MS and MicroScan systems

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

Total

MicroScan (Beckman Coulter)

MALDI-TOF MS (Bruker)

Agreement

False

No ID

Total

Agreement

False

No ID

Total

Blastoschizomyces spp.

Blastoschizomyces capitatus

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

Candida spp.

Candida albicans

305

305

4

0

309

305

0

0

305

Candida auris

5

0

0

1

5

5

0

0

5

Candida dubliniensis

4

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

4

Candida catenulata

0

0

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

Candida famata

0

0

5

0

5

0

0

0

0

Candida glabrata

40

40

1

0

41

40

0

0

40

Candida guilliermondii

6

6

0

0

6

6

0

0

6

Candida inconspicua

0

0

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

Candida intermedia

3

0

0

0

0

3

1

0

4

Candida kefyr

3

3

0

0

3

3

0

0

3

Candida krusei

8

8

0

0

8

8

0

0

8

Candida lusitaniae

5

5

0

0

5

5

0

0

5

Candida metapsilosis

5

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

4

Candida nivariensis

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

Candida orthopsilosis

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

2

Candida parapsilosis

26

26

6

0

32

26

0

0

26

Candida tropicalis

53

53

0

0

53

53

0

0

53

Cryptococcus spp.

Cryptococcus gattii

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

2

Cryptococcus neoformans

9

11

2

0

13

9

0

0

9

Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

2

Geotrichum spp.

Geotrichum sp.

0

0

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

Geotrichum candidum

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

2

Pichia spp.

Pichia kluyveri

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

Rhodotorula spp.

Rhodotorula rubra

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

Saccharomyces spp.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

11

11

0

0

11

11

0

0

11

Saprochaete spp.

Saprochaete suaveolens

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Trichosporon spp.

Trichosporon faecale

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

3

Trichosporon beigelii

0

0

3

0

3

0

0

0

0

Overall (%)

498 (100)

468 (94)

29 (5.8)

1 (0.2)

498 (100)

493 (99)

1 (0.2)

4 (0.8)

498 (100)