TABLE 3.
Mean, median, lowest, and highest numbers of errors per laboratory for each methoda
| Method (no. of laboratories) | No. of VMEs/laboratory |
No. of MEs/laboratory |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | Lowest | Highest | Mean | Median | Lowest | Highest | |
| EUCAST disk diffusion (28) | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.071 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| CLSI agar screen (18) | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vitek 2 system (5) | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a
In VMEs, strains were classified as susceptible when containing the van genotype. In MEs, strains were classified as resistant when containing no van genotype. The median number is the middle number in a numerically sorted list of numbers.