NAAT=Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Table Diagnostic Tests for Some Fungal Pathogens Microorganism Microscopy Culture NAAT Antigen Detection Antibody Detection Aspergillus species ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Blastomyces species ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Candida species ✓ ✓ ✓ Coccidioides species ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Cryptococcus neoformans ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Dermatophytes ✓ ✓ Histoplasma capsulatum ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Malassezia species ✓ ✓ Mucorales species ✓ ✓ ✓ Pneumocystis jirovecii ✓ ✓ ✓ Sporothrix species ✓ ✓ ✓ Adapted from Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ: Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 9th Edition.