TABLE 10.
Interpretation errors by disk diffusion users
| Antimicrobial agent | No. and category of errors for bacterial strain:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. pneumoniae WHO-1 | S. aureus WHO-2 | E. faecium WHO-3 | S. pneumoniae WHO-4 | E. cloacae WHO-5 | S. epidermidis WHO-6 | |
| Ampicillin | 1 very major | |||||
| 3 minor | ||||||
| Aztreonam | 1 minor | |||||
| Cefotaxime | 8 minor | |||||
| Ceftazidime | 1 major | |||||
| 2 minor | ||||||
| Ceftriaxone | 1 minor | |||||
| Ciprofloxacin | 1 minor | 1 minor | ||||
| Clindamycin | 1 minor | 1 minor | ||||
| Erythromycin | 3 minor | 1 very major | 3 minor | |||
| 3 minor | ||||||
| Gentamicin | 2 major | 1 major | ||||
| 1 minor | 3 minor | |||||
| Imipenem | 2 minor | |||||
| Oxacillin | 7 major | |||||
| 3 minor | ||||||
| Penicillin | 1 major | |||||
| Teicoplanin | 1 minor | 3 minor | ||||
| Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | 1 major | 1 major | 1 minor | |||
| 1 minor | 1 minor | |||||
| Vancomycin | 1 very major | |||||