TABLE 4.
Correlation of results of direct and standard antimicrobial susceptibility testing of streptococci (n = 21) by using the Strep plate
| Drug | No. of organism-drug combinations with results indicating:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIC agreement | SIR agreement | Very major error | Major error | Minor error | |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanate | 20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ampicillin | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceftriaxone | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cefuroxime | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clarithromycin | 19 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clindamycin | 20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doxycyclin | 20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erythromycin | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Penicillin | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total (%) | 223 (96.5) | 226 (97.8) | 4 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) |