List of the <i>Candida</i> species and strains used in the study.

<p>ATCC, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA. PS, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. *used as reference strain for building database in statistical analysis.</p

Alterations in the mass spectra (virtual gel) of blood cultures injected with different yeast strains.

<p>The x-axis represents Da value, For each strain 4 spectra (numbered on the left Y-axis) from two biological replicates deposited twice on the spectrometer plate are presented. A grey colour scale for peak intensity with arbitrary units is provided on the right y-axis. Each spectrum was automatically collected in the positive ion mode as an average of 700 laser shots. Mass range 3,000–20,000 Da was selected with a signal/noise ratio >3 (S/N) and resolution better than 600 (Flexcontrol software 2.4; Bruker-Daltonics). The control sample was from a yeast-free blood culture.</p

Mean correlation coefficients of tested strains and clinical sample of patient against the seven-classes database.

<p>*denotes results obtained from positive blood cultures that had been stored for 24 hours at 4°C prior to SDS extraction. ** See <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0008862#s2" target="_blank">Methods</a> paragraph. The best score is presented in bold.</p