Table 3.

Results for Enterococci tested with the MICPOS1 standard turbidity inoculum method and visual reading versus AST reference methods.

	No. of Isolates AST Reference a				No. of Isolates MICPOS1 b
Antimicrobial	Total	R	I	S	R	I	S	CA c (no. [%])	mE d (no. [%])	ME e (no. [%])	VME f (no. [%])
Ampicillin	49	30	0	19	29	1	18	47 (96)	0 (0)	1 (2)	1 (2)
Ciprofloxacin	49	29	0	20	30	0	19	48 (98)	0 (0)	1 (2)	0 (0)
Teicoplanin	49	23	0	26	23	0	26	49 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Vancomycin	49	23	0	26	23	0	26	49 (100)	0 (0)	0(0)	0 (0)
Quinupristin-dalfopristin	49	19	16	14	19	16	14	45 (91)	4 (9)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Linezolid	49	2	0	47	2	0	47	49 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Tigecycline	49	4	0	45	4	0	45	47 (96)	0 (0)	1 (2)	1 (2)

^a Number of isolates tested with the reference method and classified as R resistant; I, intermediate; S, susceptible; ^b number of isolates tested with the evaluated method and classified as R resistant; I, intermediate; S, susceptible; ^c CA, categorical agreement; ^d mE, minor error; ^e ME, major error; ^f VME, very major error.