Mycology Proficiency Testing Program (PTP)

RESULTS - September 2004

GENERAL

• M-1 Conidiobolus coronatus
• M-2 Cunninghamella bertholletiae
• M-3 Syncephalastrum racemosum
• M-4 Rhizopus oryzae
• M-5 Mucor circinelloides

YEAST ONLY

• Y-1 Cryptococcus laurentii
• Y-2 Prototheca zopfii
• Y-3 Sporobolomyces salmonicolor
• Y-4 Candida parapsilosis
• Y-5 Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY FOR YEAST ONLY

• S-1 Candida tropicalis ATCC 750
• S-2 Candida krusei ATCC 6258
• S-3 Candida parapsilosis ATCC 22019
• S-4 Candida parapsilosis ATCC 90018
• S-5 Candida albicans ATCC 90028

DIRECT DETECTION (Cryptococcus neoformans Antigen Test)

• Cn-Ag-1 Positive (1:8)
• Cn-Ag-2 Negative
• Cn-Ag-3 Negative
• Cn-Ag-4 Negative
• Cn-Ag-5 Positive (1:128)