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Table 1 List of the 19 discriminating peaks found by statistical analysis and detection limit of each peak. All P-values < 0.0001

From: MALDI-TOF MS as a new tool for the identification of Dientamoeba fragilis

No.

m/z

Rm

DF

Detection limit (trophozoites/ml)

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

1

5100

1.37 ± 0.14

6.80 ± 0.54

103

2

7277

13.91 ± 0.37

2.39 ± 0.87

–

3

9229

8.94 ± 0.26

3.19 ± 0.85

–

4

6404

3.08 ± 0.11

12.06 ± 1.18

106

5

9539

14.63 ± 0.65

4.87 ± 1.85

–

6

5205

0.56 ± 0.08

8.20 ± 1.29

106

7

6377

2.23 ± 0.14

6.51 ± 0.87

106

8

6387

2.76 ± 0.17

6.49 ± 0.80

106

9

4758

3.70 ± 0.23

7.22 ± 0.80

106

10

5041

0.88 ± 0.10

9.94 ± 2.13

105

11

6415

5.23 ± 0.23

11.85 ± 1.96

–

12

4309

0.96 ± 0.10

8.61 ± 2.28

105

13

6285

1.95 ± 0.11

5.87 ± 1.27

106

14

5121

0.68 ± 0.05

9.10 ± 2.81

106

15

5516

2.94 ± 0.29

5.11 + 0.60

106

16

10,239

0.76 ± 0.06

7.37 + 2.46

106

17

5087

1.12 ± 0.02

14.26 ± 5.92

105

18

5433

0.95 ± 0.11

9.57 ± 4.46

106

19

6298

2.27 ± 0.13

6.07 ± 2.04

106

  1. Abbreviations: Mean, the peak area/intensity average; Rm, Robinson’s medium; DF, Dientamoeba fragilis; SD, standard deviation