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. 2023 Jan 16;11(1):e04673-22. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.04673-22

TABLE 3.

Vitek2 AES essential and categorical agreement rates for resistant Enterobacterales subsets

Subset (no. of isolates) No. (%) of isolates witha:
Agreement
Error
EA CA mE ME VME
Carbapenemase
 Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (206) 206 (100.0) 203 (98.5) 3 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Ampicillin (128) 128 (100.0) 128 (100.0) 0 (0.0) NC 0 (0.0)
 Ampicillin-sulbactam (128) 128 (100.0) 127 (99.2) 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Piperacillin-tazobactam (186) 181 (97.3) 172 (92.5) 11 (5.9) 1 (14.3) 2 (1.2)
 Ceftazidime-avibactam (208) 182 (87.5) 202 (97.1) NA 2 (1.4) 4 (6.7)
 Ceftolozane-tazobactam (179) 165 (92.2) 165 (92.2) 12 (6.7) 1 (11.1) 1 (0.6)
 Cefazolin (211) 209 (99.1) 210 (99.5) NA 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0)
 Cefoxitin (211) 204 (96.7) 180 (85.3) 30 (14.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.6)
 Cefuroxime (211) 199 (94.3) 206 (97.6) 4 (1.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Cefepime (208) 164 (78.8) 173 (83.2) 20 (9.6) 1 (3.2) 14 (8.3)
 Cefotaxime (210) 186 (88.6) 206 (98.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (5.3) 3 (1.6)
 Cefpodoxime (185) 181 (97.8) 182 (98.4) 2 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.6)
 Ceftriaxone (164) 159 (97.0) 161 (98.2) 2 (1.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.7)
 Aztreonam (211) 199 (94.3) 197 (93.4) 11 (5.2) 0 (0.0) 3 (1.6)
 Ertapenem (193) 182 (94.3) 181 (93.8) 7 (3.6) 2 (33.3) 3 (1.6)
 Imipenem (174) 154 (88.5) 152 (87.4) 20 (11.5) 2 (16.7) 0 (0.0)
 Meropenem (211) 162 (76.8) 189 (89.6) 16 (7.6) 5 (25.0) 1 (0.6)
 Meropenem-vaborbactam (197) 179 (90.9) 182 (92.4) 8 (4.1) 5 (3.5) 2 (4.4)
ESBL
 Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (122) 119 (97.5) 94 (77.1) 27 (22.1) 1 (2.2) 0 (0.0)
 Ampicillin (105) 105 (100.0) 105 (100.0) 0 (0.0) NC 0 (0.0)
 Ampicillin-sulbactam (105) 101 (96.2) 92 (87.6) 10 (9.5) 1 (5.0) 2 (2.8)
 Piperacillin-tazobactam (122) 102 (83.6) 105 (86.1) 15 (12.3) 2 (2.6) 0 (0.0)
 Ceftazidime-avibactam (122) 110 (90.2) 122 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Ceftolozane-tazobactam (122) 103 (84.4) 108 (88.5) 6 (4.9) 8 (9.3) 0 (0.0)
 Cefazolin (122) 116 (95.1) 116 (95.1) NA 1 (50.0) 5 (4.2)
 Cefoxitin (122) 113 (92.6) 101 (82.8) 20 (16.4) 1 (1.5) 0 (0.0)
 Cefuroxime (122) 118 (96.7) 114 (93.4) 6 (4.9) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.9)
 Cefepime (122) 89 (73.0) 100 (82.0) 19 (15.6) 1 (5.9) 2 (2.3)
 Cefotaxime (122) 114 (93.4) 117 (95.9) 5 (4.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Cefpodoxime (122) 121 (99.2) 118 (96.7) 4 (3.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Ceftriaxome (111) 100 (90.1) 104 (93.7) 4 (3.6) 3 (60.0) 0 (0.0)
 Aztreonam (122) 111 (91.0) 100 (82.0) 13 (10.7) 1 (10.0) 8 (8.1)
 Ertapenem (113) 110 (97.3) 108 (95.6) 5 (4.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Imipenem (122) 118 (96.7) 118 (96.7) 4 (3.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Meropenem (122) 115 (94.3) 116 (95.1) 3 (2.5) 1 (1.0) 2 (11.1)
 Meropenem-vaborbactam (120) 114 (95.0) 116 (96.7) 2 (1.7) 2 (1.7) 0 (0.0)
tAmpCb
 Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (32) 30 (93.8) 29 (90.6) 1 (3.1) 1 (100.0) 1 (3.3)
 Ampicillin (26) 26 (100.0) 26 (100.0) 0 (0.0) NC 0 (0.0)
 Ampicillin-sulbactam (26) 26 (100.0) 23 (88.5) 3 (11.5) NC 0 (0.0)
 Piperacillin-tazobactam (31) 26 (83.9) 24 (77.4) 6 (19.4) 1 (4.8) 0 (0.0)
 Ceftazidime-avibactam (32) 31 (96.9) 32 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) NC
 Ceftolozane-tazobactam (31) 25 (80.6) 23 (74.2) 8 (25.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Cefazolin (32) 32 (100.0) 32 (100.0) 0 (0.0) NC 0 (0.0)
 Cefoxitin (32) 30 (93.8) 29 (90.6) 2 (6.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.3)
 Cefuroxime (32) 32 (100.0) 29 (90.6) 3 (9.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Cefepime (32) 29 (90.6) 29 (90.6) 3 (9.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Cefotaxime (32) 27 (84.4) 31 (96.9) 1 (3.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Cefpodoxime (31) 31 (100.0) 30 (96.8) 1 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Ceftriaxone (30) 26 (86.7) 28 (93.3) 1 (3.3) 1 (16.7) 0 (0.0)
 Aztreonam (32) 23 (71.9) 20 (62.5) 6 (18.8) 0 (0.0) 6 (40.0)
 Ertapenem (29) 28 (96.6) 28 (96.6) 1 (3.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Imipenem (31) 27 (87.1) 28 (90.3) 3 (9.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Meropenem (32) 31 (96.9) 31 (96.9) 1 (3.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Meropenem-vaborbactam (32) 31 (96.9) 31 (96.9) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.1) NC
Wild type
 Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (141) 131 (92.9) 128 (90.8) 9 (6.4) 0 (0.0) 4 (9.8)
 Ampicillin (102) 100 (98.0) 95 (93.1) 7 (6.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Ampicillin-sulbactam (102) 99 (97.1) 87 (85.3) 13 (12.8) 1 (1.8) 1 (3.7)
 Piperacillin-tazobactam (137) 132 (96.4) 130 (94.9) 6 (4.4) 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0)
 Ceftazidime-avibactam (145) 138 (95.2) 145 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) NC
 Ceftolozane-tazobactam (130) 124 (95.4) 124 (95.4) 3 (2.3) 3 (2.5) 0 (0.0)
 Cefazolin (148) 144 (97.3) 132 (89.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.1) 1 (1.7)
 Cefoxitin (148) 141 (95.3) 136 (91.9) 9 (6.1) 1 (1.0) 2 (5.9)
 Cefuroxime (148) 142 (95.9) 130 (87.8) 7 (4.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Cefepime (145) 139 (95.9) 141 (97.2) 4 (2.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Cefotaxime (148) 142 (95.9) 146 (98.7) 1 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.0)
 Cefpodoxime (134) 130 (97.0) 128 (95.5) 5 (3.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.2)
 Ceftriaxone (130) 129 (99.2) 130 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Aztreonam (148) 146 (98.6) 145 (98.0) 2 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.8)
 Ertapenem (141) 140 (99.3) 140 (99.3) 1 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Imipenem (110) 101 (91.8) 109 (99.1) 1 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Meropenem (148) 145 (98.0) 147 (99.3) 1 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Meropenem-vaborbactam (148) 147 (99.3) 147 (99.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.7) NC
a

EA, essential agreement; CA, categorical agreement; mE, minor error; ME, major error; VME, very major error; NA, not applicable (no intermediary breakpoint); NC, not calculable (denominator null).

b

tAmpC, transferrable AmpC.