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Table 2 Correlation of susceptibility test methods for 52 S. maltophilia strains

From: The antimicrobial susceptibility of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates using three different methods and their genetic relatedness

 

% Discrepance

  
 

Very Major

Major Error

Minor Error

% Correlation

N = 52

Agar-disc

Agar-E-test

Agar-disc

Agar-E-test

Agar-disc

Agar-E-test

Agar-disc

Agar-E-test

Ceftazidime

5.8

5.8

0

0

17.3

13.4

76.9

80.8

Cefepime

0

1.9

0

0

11.5

23.1

88.5

75.0

Piperacillin

0

0

1.9

1.9

38.5

38.5

59.6

59.6

PTZ

1.9

0

0

1.9

34.6

23.1

63.5

75.0

TLc

0

1.9

1.9

0

17.3

19.2

80.8

78.9

Ciprofloxacin

5.8

5.8

0

0

32.7

32.7

61.5

61.5

SXT

0

0

0

0

0

0

100

100

  1. PTZ: Piperacillin/tazobactam, TLc: Ticarcillin/clavulanate, SXT: Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole