TABLE 3.
Categorization of Etest errors when compared with agar dilution method for fosfomycin for 94 multiresistant Gram-negative bacillus clinical isolatesa
Microorganism | % of isolates with agreement or errors |
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CLSI |
EUCAST |
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CA | m | M | VM | CA | m | M | VM | |
A. baumannii | 81 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
P. aeruginosa | 53 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. pneumoniae | 89 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
Enterobacter spp. | 80 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 50 |
CA, categorical agreement; m, minor error; M, major error; VM, very major error; CLSI, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute interpretative criteria; EUCAST, European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility interpretative criteria.