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However, the long turn-around time and low detection rate of blood culture (the gold standard) make rapid diagnosis of <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> challenging. This study develops a novel molecular assay (M1-mRAP) designed for the rapid and sensitive detection of three <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> species in blood samples: <jats:italic>Candida albicans<\/jats:italic>(CA), <jats:italic>Candida tropicalis<\/jats:italic>(CT), and <jats:italic>Candida glabrata<\/jats:italic>(CG).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We used the M1-mRAP method aimed at detecting <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> DNA in blood samples, in which we developed a novel multiplex recombinase-aided PCR (mRAP) assay for sensitive amplification of <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> DNA and used a self-developed recombinant human mannan-binding lectin beads (M1 beads)method for enrichment of <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> in blood. The analytical sensitivity of mRAP was evaluated using <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> recombinant plasmids. The analytical sensitivity of the M1-mRAP method for blood sample detection was assessed using quantitative <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> simulated blood samples. The clinical performance of the mRAP and M1-mRAP methods was evaluated in 120 non-blood samples and 9 blood samples and compared with conventional qPCR methods.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The limit of detection(LOD) for CA, CT, and CG by the mRAP method were 4, 4, and 3 copies\/\u03bcL, respectively. The LOD for CA, CT, and CG simulated blood samples by the M1-mRAP were 2, 2, and 1 CFU\/mL, and the overall detection time was about 3.5 h. Clinical assays of mRAP and M1-mRAP showed that these two methods were consistent with qPCR (P&amp;lt;0.05), but had better clinical detection ability than qPCR. 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