TABLE 2.

Agreement of MICs obtained by AD and by Etest with MICs obtained by NCCLS BM

Method	Time of reading (h)	Fluconazole MICs			Itraconazole MICs			Ketoconazole MICs
			% Agreementa			% Agreementa			% Agreementa
			±1 Dil	±2 Dil		±1 Dil	±2 Dil		±1 Dil	±2 Dil
AD-Cas	24	2.6	72	98	0.32	79	98	0.16	98	100
	48	3.0	91	100	0.79	74	96	0.57	83	100
AD-RPMI	24	2.5	49	83	2.1	23	70	0.07	75	84
	48	4.8	45	64	5.8	34	57	4.8	23	25
Etest-Cas	24	4.0	62	91	3.5	49	85	0.27	98	98
	48	3.5	64	94	3.6	51	87	0.5	96	100
Etest-RPMI	24	2.5	26	81	3.9	43	60	2.6	26	51
	48	5.0	45	64	4.5	23	43	4.3	6	20

^a% of agreement within 1 or 2 dilutions (Dil) referred to .