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. 2005 Feb;43(2):903-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.903-905.2005.

Reliability of the E-test method for detection of colistin resistance in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

L A Arroyo  1 , A García-Curiel, M E Pachón-Ibañez, A C Llanos, M Ruiz, J Pachón, J Aznar
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Reliability of the E-test method for detection of colistin resistance in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

L A Arroyo et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

We compared the E-test to the broth microdilution method for testing the susceptibility of 115 clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii to colistin. Twenty-two (19.1%) strains were resistant to colistin and 93 (80.8%) strains were susceptible according to the reference broth microdilution method. A categorical agreement of 98.2% was found, with only two (1.7%) very major errors. Agreement within 1 twofold dilution between the E-test and the broth microdilution was 16.5%. Complete agreement was found for the strains for which MICs fell within the range of 0.25 to 1 microg of colistin/ml. However, there was poor concordance, particularly in extreme dilutions with higher MICs by the E-test method.

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Scattergram results comparing colistin MICs determined by the E-test with those determined by the BMD reference method (n = 115). The diagonal black line represents complete agreement, and the numbers represent the occurrences observed at each point. The broken lines represent ±1-log2 MIC agreement limits between test results. Horizontal and vertical broken lines indicate the resistant MIC breakpoint (≥4 μg/ml).
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