TABLE 3.
Comparison between categorical interpretive results of BMD and disk diffusion testing
| Antimicrobial agent | CA (%)a | No. (%) of errorsb
|
No. of errors resolved upon repeat testing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor | Major | Very major | |||
| AMK | 95.1 | 3 (4.9)* | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AMP | 80.3 | 12 (19.7)† | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| CFZ | 77.0 | 10 (16.4)‡ | 1 (3.8)‡ | 3 (10.3)‡ | 6 |
| FEP | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CTX | 98.4 | 1 (1.6)§ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FOX | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CAZ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CIP | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| GEN | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| IPM | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TZP | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SXT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Agreements of <90% are shown in boldface type.
Symbols: *, minor errors were observed with one L. grimontii and two P. damsela isolates; †, single minor errors were observed with C. davisae, C. neteri, M. wisconsensis, and K. ascorbata, two minor errors were observed with P. damsela, and three minor errors were observed for both H. alvei and K. cryocrescens; ‡, single minor errors were observed with R. aquatilis, H. alvei, L. richardii, and B. brennerae, two minor errors each were observed for P. damsela, K. ascorbata, and K. cryocrescens, and there was a single major error with P. damsela, two very major errors with Y. regensburgei, and one very major error with H. alvei; §, a single minor error was observed with L. richardii.