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Table 4 AST results with Alfred 60AST compared to direct Phoenix for Gram-positive bacteria during both periods

From: Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing on positive blood cultures through an innovative light scattering technology: performances and turnaround time evaluation

Antibiotic

Categorical agreement (%)

Very major errors (%)

Major errors (%)

Minor errors (%)

Ampicillin Enterococci

20/25 (80)

1/15 (6.7)

1/10 (10)

3/25 (12)

Cefoxitin CNS

37/45 (82.2)

0/26

8/19 (42.1)

NA

Cefoxitin SA

39/39 (100)

0/3

0/36

NA

Total

96/109 (88.1)

1/44 (2.3)

9/65 (13.8)

3/25 (12)

  1. CNS coagulase-negative Staphylococci, NA not applicable (No intermediate zone), SA Staphylococcus aureus