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Table 5 Number of healthy Soldiers colonized with fungi according to PCR/ESI-TOF-MS

From: The use of PCR/Electrospray Ionization-Time-of-Flight-Mass Spectrometry (PCR/ESI-TOF-MS) to detect bacterial and fungal colonization in healthy military service members

Organism

Subjectsa

Organisms by Anatomic Site (61 total)

  

Oropharynx

Nares

Groin

  

39

14

8

Alternaria alternate

11 (15)

2

10

3

Aureobasidium pullulans

3

1

1

1

Candida albicans

6

5

0

1

Candida parapsilosis

3 (5)

3

1

1

Candida tropicalis

1

1

0

0

Saccharomyces paradoxus

1

1

0

0

Saccharomyces cerevisiae/paradoxus

29 (30)

26

2

2

  1. anumber of organisms listed in ( ) if not same as number of subjects
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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