TABLE 3.
Results of major errors caused by the impedance method after testing 146 positive cultures containing nonfastidious aerobic GNB with seven antibiotics
| Specimen no. | Microorganism | Antibiotic | Susceptibility test resulta
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct method | Standard method | |||
| 0109 | Enterobacter cloacae | Cefotaxime | R | S |
| 0333 | Enterobacter cloacae | Cefotaxime | R | S |
| 1771 | Escherichia coli | Cefamandole | R | S |
| 1788 | Escherichia coli | Cefamandole | R | S |
| 8782 | Escherichia coli | Gentamicin | R | S |
| 3399 | Acinetobacter baumannii | Gentamicin | R | S |
| 3399 | Acinetobacter baumannii | Amikacin | R | S |
| 8203 | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Ciprofloxacin | R | S |
| 9548 | Acinetobacter calcoaceticus | Gentamicin | R | S |
| 9582 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | Gentamicin | R | S |
| 9582 | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | Amikacin | R | S |
a
R, resistant; S, susceptible.