TABLE 1.

Evaluation of agreement and errors among results of the Etest, disk diffusion, and BMD

Organism	MIC range	No. of isolates tested	E-test					Disk diffusion
			No. (%) of CA	No. (%) of EA	No. (%) of VME	No. (%) of ME		No. (%) of CA	No. (%) of VME	No. (%) of ME
Escherichia coli	≥R + 1	37
	R + S	0
	≤S-1	102
	Total	139	100	97.1(135/139)	0	0		100	0	0
Klebsiella pneumoniae	≥R + 1	35
	R + S	7
	≤S-1	248
	Total	290	99.3(288/290)	93.4(271/290)	0.3(1/290)	0.3(1/290)		99.7(289/290)	0.3(1/290)	0
Other Enterobacterales	≥R + 1	6
	R + S	0
	≤S-1	23
	Total	29	100	96.6(28/29)	0	0		100	0	0
Total in Enterobacterales	≥R + 1	78
	R + S	7
	≤S-1	373
	Total	458	99.6(456/458)	94.8(434/458)	0.2(1/458)	0.2(1/458)		99.8(457/458)	0.2(1/458)	0