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Table 2 Summary of patient characteristics and taxonomic affinities of fungi in the samples based on ITS1 and ITS2 sequences

From: Rapid identification of fungi in culture-negative clinical blood and respiratory samples by DNA sequence analyses

Patient ID (Accession #)

Patient characteristics

Sample source

Putative taxa

Identity (%)/# bp

Sex

Age

Location

223 (KF798202)

Female

57

Hematology/oncology

Blood

Lecanicillium kalimantanense a

96/827

235 (FJ223846)

Female

62

Dermatology

Blood

Fusarium graminearum b

100/217

406 (FJ223846)

Female

<1

Neonatal ICU

Blood

Cladosporium cladosporioides b

100/215

527 (KF803254)

Male

44

Medical ICU

BAL

Candida albicans b

99/509

533 (KF803255)

Male

21

Pulmonary

Sputum

Candida albicans b

99/444

534 (KF825543)

Male

68

Medical ICU

Sputum

Aspergillus flavus c

100/236

611 (KF825542)

Female

52

Medical ICU

BAL

Aspergillus fumigatus c

100/232

612 (KF825546)

Female

77

Medical ICU

BAL

Aureobasidium pullulans b

99/274

614 (KF825545)

Female

54

Cardiology ICU

Sputum

Engyodontium album b

98/201

626 (KF803256)

Female

75

Cardiology

Sputum

Candida albicans b

100/560

632ad (KF803257)

Female

73

Pulmonary

Sputum

Candida albicans b

100/562

632bd (KF825541)

Female

73

Pulmonary

Sputum

Candida glabrata b

98/860

802 (KF825544)

Female

20

Medical ICU

Sputum

Alternaria alternata b

96/426

  1. BAL bronchoalveolar lavage
  2. aArthropod-associated; Occasional infections in immunocompromised patients [42]
  3. bDocumented infections of immunocompromised patients
  4. cHuman pathogen
  5. dTwo separate prominent sequences were recovered from patient 632 (632a and 632b)