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. 2022 May 24;60(6):e00098-22. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00098-22

TABLE 4.

Reveal AST results for E. coli by antimicrobial against Sensititre (for 66 strains) and Vitek 2 (for 67 strains) reference comparators

Antimicrobial Avg TTR (h) Sensititre as reference
Vitek 2 as reference
No. of strains
% Agreement (no./66)
No. of errors
No. of strains
% Agreement (no./67)
No. of errors
S I R EA CA mE ME VME S I R EA CA mE ME VME
Ampicillin 3.6 24 0 42 100 (66) 90.9 (60) 6 0 0 23 1 43 94.0 (63) 89.6 (60) 7 0 0
Piperacillin 4.4 35 14 17 95.5 (63) 90.9 (60) 5 0 1
Ampicillin-sulbactam 5.0 35 20 11 100 (66) 62.1 (41) 25 0 0 30 12 25 94.0 (63) 83.6 (56) 11 0 0
Piperacillin-tazobactam 4.5 65 1 0 98.5 (65) 98.5 (65) 1 0 66 0 1 100 (67) 100 (67) 0 0 0
Cefazolin 4.2 54 0 12 93.9 (62) 100 (66) 0 0 0 53 2 12 100 (67) 97.0 (65) 2 0 0
Cefepime 5.2 54 1 11 89.4 (59) 100 (66) 0 0 0 55 1 11 89.6 (59) 100 (67) 0 0 0
Cefotaxime 4.0 54 0 12 100 (66) 100 (66) 0 0 0
Cefoxitin 4.1 63 2 1 98.5 (65) 90.9 (60) 6 0 0
Ceftazidime 4.9 58 4 4 100 (66) 95.5 (63) 3 0 0
Ceftriaxone 4.1 54 0 12 100 (66) 100 (66) 0 0 0 55 0 12 98.5 (66) 100 (67) 0 0 0
Aztreonam 5.3 54 0 12 97.0 (64) 100 (66) 0 0 0 55 0 12 100 (67) 100 (67) 0 0 0
ESBL screen 4.1 54 0 12 NA 100 (66) 0 0 0 55 0 12 NA 100 (67) 0 0 0
Ertapenem 6.2 66 0 0 100 (66) 100 (66) 0 0 66 0 1 98.5 (66) 98.5 (66) 0 0 1
Imipenem 5.0 66 0 0 98.5 (65) 98.5 (65) 1 0
Meropenem 6.6 66 0 0 92.4 (61) 92,4 (61) 4 1 66 0 1 92.4 (61) 91.0 (61) 4 1 1
Amikacin 4.1 66 0 0 100 (66) 100 (66) 0 0 67 0 0 100 (67) 100 (67) 0 0
Gentamicin 4.1 60 0 6 100 (66) 100 (66) 0 0 0 61 0 6 100 (67) 100 (67) 0 0 0
Tobramycin 4.5 61 0 5 100 (66) 96.9 (64) 2 0 0 60 3 4 100 (67) 98.5 (66) 1 0 0
Ciprofloxacin 3.8 47 0 19 98.5 (65) 98.5 (65) 0 1 0 47 0 20 97.0 (65) 98.5 (66) 0 1 0
Levofloxacin 3.8 47 0 19 98.5 (65) 98.5 (65) 1 0 0
Tetracycline 4.0 45 0 21 98.5 (65) 98.5 (65) 0 1 0
Tigecycline 4.1 66 0 0 100 (66) 100 (66) 0 0 67 0 0 100 (67) 100 (67) 0 0
Nitrofurantoin 4.2 64 2 0 100 (66) 96.9 (64) 2 0 65 1 1 100 (67) 98.5 (66) 1 0 0
Trimethoprim-sulfa 3.7 42 0 24 100 (66) 100 (66) 0 0 0 44 0 23 98.5 (66) 98.5 (66) 0 1 0