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. 2013 Aug;51(8):2535–2540. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03250-12

Table 2.

Error rates from comparison of the different test methods with BMD for susceptibility testing of the 39 A. baumannii isolates

Method % (no.) of:
Total error rate [% (no.)]
Very major errors Major errors Minor errors
Disc diffusion 7.69 (3) 0 (0) 33.33 (13) 41.02 (16)
Etest 5.13 (2) 0 (0) 25.64 (10) 30.77 (12)
Agar dilution 25.64 (10) 0 (0) 28.21 (11) 53.85 (21)
Vitek2 25.64 (10) 0 (0) 38.46 (15) 64.10 (25)