TABLE 4.
Results of comparison between susceptibilities performed on colonies from CO and standard laboratory agars (BAP or MacConkey)
| Organism groups | No. ofa:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathogen-organism events | Very major errors | Major errors | Minor errors | |
| Escherichia coli | 630 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Klebsiella species | 378 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| Enterococcus species | 336 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Staphylococcus species | 252 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 189 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Other pathogensb | 483 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Total | 2,268 | 0 | 9 (0.4) | 48 (2) |
a
Percentages are given in parentheses.
b
Includes Enterobacter cloacae (four strains), Proteus mirabilis (one strain), and Serratia marcescens (one strain).