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. 2016 Mar 10;6:23013. doi: 10.1038/srep23013

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.