. 2025 Aug 20;63(9):e00471-25. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00471-25

TABLE 3.

Percentage of MIC agreement within a brand of iron-depleted cation-adjusted Mueller–Hinton broth after 6-h chelation time

	Percentage MIC agreement within broth manufacturer sources
	E. coli^a			K. pneumoniae^b			P. aeruginosa^c			A. baumannii^d
	±1 dilution^e	±2 dilution^f	± ≥ 3 dilution^g	±1 dilution^e	±2 dilution^f	± ≥ 3 dilution^g	±1 dilution^e	±2 dilution^f	± ≥ 3 dilution^g	±1 dilution^e	±2 dilution^f	± ≥ 3 dilution^g
BD-BBL	99.0	1.0	0.0	94.5	2.9	2.5	93.3	6.7	0.0	94.4	3.8	1.8
BD-Difco	97.6	2.4	0.0	95.5	2.7	1.8	96.2	3.8	0.0	96.1	3.3	0.7
Oxoid	97.1	2.9	0.0	97.6	2.4	0.0	96.7	1.2	2.1	96.1	2.2	1.8
Merck	98.5	1.0	0.5	95.1	1.6	3.3	95.2	4.5	0.2	96.1	2.2	1.8

^{^a}

7 isolates and 210 MIC values/medium.

^{^b}

17 isolates and 510 MIC values/medium.

^{^c}

14 isolates and 420 MIC values/medium.

^{^d}

47 isolates and 738 MIC values/medium.

^{^e}

Percentage of MIC values with ±1 dilution of modal MIC of isolates.

^{^f}

Percentage of MIC values with ±2 dilutions of modal MIC of isolates.

^{^g}

Percentage of MIC values with ±≥3 dilutions of modal MIC of isolates.