Mycology Proficiency Testing Program (PTP)

RESULTS - February 2006

GENERAL

• M-1 Trichophyton tonsurans
• M-2 Trichophyton mentagrophytes
• M-3 Trichophyton rubrum
• M-4 Fusarium sp.
• M-5 Curvularia sp.

YEAST ONLY

• Y-1 Candida guilliermondii
• Y-2 Prototheca wickerhamii
• Y-3 Blastoschizomyces capitatus
• Y-4 Trichosporon mucoides
• Y-5 Candida lambica

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY FOR YEAST ONLY

• S-1 Candida albicans ATCC 24433

DIRECT DETECTION (Cryptococcus neoformans Antigen Test)

• Cn-Ag-1 Positive (1:32)
• Cn-Ag-2 Positive (1:16)
• Cn-Ag-3 Negative
• Cn-Ag-4 Negative
• Cn-Ag-5 Negative