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. 2006 Jun;44(6):2105–2108. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02591-05

TABLE 6.

Comparison of MD, ET, and DD categorical agreement and error rates

Comparison % Categorical agreement No. of errors/total no. of samples tested (%)
Major errors Very major errors Indeterminate
MD vs ET at 24 h 87.8 32/273 (11.7) 1/273 (0.3)
MD vs ET at 48 h 93.0 10/273 (3.6) 7/273 (2.5)
MD at 48 h vs DD at 24 h 12/273 (4) 4/273 (0.7) 30/273 (11.0)