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. 2014 Mar;58(3):1763–1767. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02048-13

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
CLSI
EUCAST
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
a

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.