TABLE 3.
Overall interpretive agreement between results of fluconazole disk diffusion tests performed in participant and reference laboratoriesa
| Organism | No. testedb | No. (%) of discrepant results
|
% Agree- mentc | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor | Major | Very major | |||
| C. albicans | 1,631 | 16 (1.0) | 23 (1.4) | 1 (0.1) | 97.5 |
| C. glabrata | 403 | 65 (16.1) | 40 (10.0) | 2 (0.5) | 73.4 |
| C. parapsilosis | 400 | 26 (6.5) | 19 (4.8) | 5 (1.2) | 87.5 |
| C. tropicalis | 327 | 21 (6.4) | 11 (3.4) | 1 (0.3) | 89.9 |
| All Candida spp. | 2,949 | 170 (5.8) | 100 (3.4) | 13 (0.4) | 90.4 |
a
The fluconazole disk diffusion method was performed according to NCCLS method M44-A.
b
Total number of isolates tested in 54 laboratories participating in the ARTEMIS program and also in the ARTEMIS reference laboratory.
c
Percent total agreement, the categorical agreement between participant and reference laboratory results.