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. 2007 May 23;7:46. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-46

Table 5.

Agreement of AST results produced by the Phoenix system and the Etest method: E. faecalis and E. faecium.

Antibiotic % of corresponding results

E. faecalis (n = 43) E. faecium (n = 40)

CA mE ME VME CA mE ME VME
Ampicillin 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
Vancomycin 97.7 2.3 0 0 92.5 7.5 0 0
Teicoplanin 97.7 0 0 16.7 87.5 7.5 5.7 0
HL streptomycin 97.7 0 0 6.7 100 0 0 0
HL gentamicin 100 0 0 0 97.5 0 0 4.0
Chloramphenicol 100 0 0 0 97.5 2.5 0 0
Linezolid 90.7 9.3 0 0 97.5 2.5 0 0
Quinupristin-dalfopristin 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
Tetracycline 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0

Total 98.2 1.3 0 1.4 96.7 2.5 1.0 0.7