TABLE 4.

EA and CA between results of BMD and VITEK 2

Antimicrobial agent	% Agreementa		No. of errorsb			No. of errors resolved upon repeat testing
	EA (n = 42)	CA (n = 22)	Minor	Major	Very major
AMK	90.5	100	0	0	0
AMP	80.9	68.2	6*	1*	0	0
SAM	83.3	81.8	0	4†	0	0
CFZ	85.7	77.3	3‡	1‡	1‡	0
FEP	88	100	0	0	0
CTX	90.5	100	0	0	0
CAZ	90.5	100	0	0	0
CRO	85.7	100	0	0	0
CIP	100	100	0	0	0
GEN	95.2	100	0	0	0
IPM	100	100	0	0	0
LVX	100	100	0	0	0
MEM	NA	100	0	0	0
PIP	88	95.4	1§	0	0	1
TZP	85.7	100	0	0	0
TOB	100	100	0	0	0
SXT	100	100	0	0	0

^aAgreements of <90% are shown in boldface type. NA, not applicable (VITEK 2 reported only categorical results for MEM; no MIC results were reported).

^bSymbols: *, there was a single minor error each observed with C. davisae and K. ascorbata, two minor errors with K. cryocrescens and H. alvei, and one major error with H. alvei; †, there was one major error with C. davisae and three major errors with H. alvei; ‡, there was a single minor error each observed with E. americana, H. alvei, and K. ascorbata, one major error with K. cryocrescens, and one very major error with K. cryocrescens; §, there was a single minor error with H. alvei.