Table 1. Comparison of oxacillin MICs by Agar dilution, Easy MIC Test and MTT based method along with errors and agreement with the reference method.
No. of strains with similar readings. (Total-126) | Easy MIC Test* (μg/ml) | Agar dilution Method (μg/ml) | MTT based Method (μg/ml) | Errors |
Percent agreement | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minor | Major | |||||
21 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 00 | 00 | 100 |
29 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 00 | 00 | 100 |
03 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 00 | 00 | 100 |
16 | 8 | 8 | 10 | >2(0.25) | 00 | 95.83 |
31 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 00 | 00 | 100 |
07 | 12 | 16 | 14 | >2(0.25) | 00 | 95.83 |
12 | 16 | 12 | 14 | >2(0.25) | 00 | 95.83 |
03 | 6 | 6 | 4 | >2(0.25) | 00 | 95.83 |
04 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 00 | 00 | 100 |
1.85% | 00% | 98.14% |
*Reference method.