Table 5 Agreement of AST results produced by the Phoenix system and the Etest method: E. faecalis and E. faecium.
Antibiotic | % of corresponding results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. faecalis (n = 43) | E. faecium (n = 40) | |||||||
CA | mE | ME | VME | CA | mE | ME | VME | |
Ampicillin | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vancomycin | 97.7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
Teicoplanin | 97.7 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 87.5 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 0 |
HL streptomycin | 97.7 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HL gentamicin | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.5 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
Chloramphenicol | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
Linezolid | 90.7 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 97.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
Quinupristin-dalfopristin | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tetracycline | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 98.2 | 1.3 | 0 | 1.4 | 96.7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 |