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Table 3 Molecular biology results resolve discrepencies or no- identifications by MicroScan and MALDI-TOF MS

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

ID Molecular biology Sequencing 16S

Micro Scan

MALDI-TOF MS

Candida auris (5)

Candida catenulata (2)

Candida famata (1)

Candida Incospicua (1)

Unidentified (1)

Candida auris (5)

Candida intermedia (3)

Candida famata (3)

Candida intermedia (3)

Candida dubliniensis (4)

Candida albicans (4)

Cryptococcus laurenti (1)

Candida dubliniensis (4)

Candida nivariensis (1)

Candida glabrata (1)

Candida nivariensis (1)

Candida metapsilosis (5)

Candida parapsilosis (4)

Candida famata (1)

Candida metapsilosis (4)

Candida intermedia (1)

Candida orthopsilosis (2)

Candida parapsilosis (2)

candida orthopsilosis (2)

Crytococcus neoformans (2)

Cryptococcus neoformans (2)

Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii (2)

Cryptococcus gatti (2)

Cryptococcus neoformans (2)

Cryptococcus gatti (2)

Geotrichum candidum (2)

Geotrichum sp. (2)

Geotrichum candidum (2)

Pichia kluyveri (1)

Candida incospicua (1)

Pichia kluyveri (1)

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (2)

Rhodotorula rubra (1)

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (1)

Trichosporon faecale (3)

Trichosporon beigelii (3)

unidentified (3)

Saprochaete suaveolens (1)

Blastoschizomyces capitatus (1)

unidentified (1)