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Table 1 Evaluation of essential and categorical agreement between the BMD method and Etest or disk diffusion method for analysis of ceftazidime-avibactam antimicrobial susceptibility

From: Evaluation of the Etest and disk diffusion method for detection of the activity of ceftazidime-avibactam against Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in China

Organism

No. of isolates tested

No. of resistant isolates by BMD

E-test

Disk diffusion

No. (%) of CA

No. (%) of EA

No. (%) of VME

No. (%) of ME

No. (%) of CA

No. (%) of VME

No. (%) of ME

Enterobacterales

 Random selection group

140

7

140 (100)

137 (97.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

140 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Stock group

54

40

53 (98.1)

49 (90.7)

0 (0)

1 (7.1)

51 (94.4)

2 (5.0)

1 (7.1)

 Total in Enterobacterales

194

47

193 (99.5)

186 (95.9)

0 (0)

1 (0.7)

191 (98.5)

2 (4.3)

1 (0.7)

P. aeruginosa

 Random selection group

46

6

46 (100)

45 (97.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

43 (93.5)

0 (0)

3 (7.5)

 Stock group

31

15

28 (90.3)

28 (90.3)

0 (0)

3 (18.7)

29 (93.5)

1 (6.7)

1 (6.3)

 Total in P. aeruginosa

77

21

74 (96.1)

73 (94.8)

0 (0)

3 (5.4)

72 (93.5)

1 (4.8)

4 (7.1)

Total in all tested isolates

271

68

267 (98.5)

259 (95.6)

0 (0)

4 (2.0)

263 (97.0)

3 (1.5)

5 (2.5)

  1. EA essential agreement, CA categorical agreement, VME very major error (false susceptible), ME major error (false resistant)