All 36 samples from healthy blood donors (group 1) were
negative for BG (60 pg/ml). Of the 39 samples from the 15
patients with blood cultures positive for yeast, 30 samples were
positive for BG (range, 84 to 1,359 pg/ml), 2 were indeterminate,
6 were negative, and 1 was invalid due to excessive hemolysis.
Thirteen of the 15 patients (86.7%) had at least one
specimen that was positive. Blood cultures of both remaining patients grew Candida rugosa. One of these patients had one
specimen that was indeterminate and three that were negative
for BG; the other had two negative specimens and one that was
invalid.