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. 2021 Dec 16;77(3):793–798. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab461

Table 1.

Comparing mPAP with reference PAP testing

HR1a
HR2b
Positive reference PAP Negative reference PAP Total Positive reference PAP Negative reference PAP Total
Positive mPAP 4 0 4 12 1 13
Negative mPAP 4 135 139 25 105 130
Total 8 135 143 37 106 143
a

HR1 definition of heteroresistance: growth of a resistant subpopulation of cells at 4 and 8 mg/L of colistin at a frequency of at least 1 × 10−6 the main population grown on antibiotic-free media.

b

HR2 definition of heteroresistance: growth of a resistant subpopulation of cells at a colistin concentration ≥8× higher than the main population, at a frequency of at least 1 × 10−7.