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. 2020 Jun 10;6(2):e17009. doi: 10.2196/17009

Table 3.

Etest resistance characteristics.

Antibiotics
Resistant Intermediate Sensitive

Range (µg/mL) n (%) Breakpoint (µg/mL) n (%) Breakpoint (µg/mL) n (%) Breakpoint (µg/mL)
Azithromycin (n=188) <0.016-16 2 (1.1)a ≥8 2 (1.1)b 184 (97.9) ≤2
Cefixime (n=185) <0.016-0.16 0 (0) 185 (100) ≤0.25c
Ceftriaxone (n=188) 0.002-1.5 2 (1.1)d 186 (98.9) ≤0.25c
Ciprofloxacin (n=192) 0.002-32 188 (97.9) ≥1 4 (2.1)e ≤0.061
Gentamicin (n=189) 0.38-48 1 (0.5)f ≥32 3 (1.6)g 8-16 185 (97.9) ≤4

aMinimum inhibition concentrations (MIC) are noted here;1 sample had MIC=12 µg/mL; 1 sample had MIC=16 µg/mL.

b2 samples had MIC=3 µg/mL.

c2 samples had MIC=0.125 µg/mL.

d1 sample had MIC=1.5 µg/mL; 1 sample had MIC=0.5 µg/mL.

e2 samples had MIC=0.02 µg/mL; 1 sample had MIC=0.016 µg/mL; 1 sample had MIC=0.008 µg/mL.

f1 sample had MIC=48 µg/mL.

g3 samples had MIC=6 µg/mL.