Table 4 Comparison of the antimicrobial susceptibility results obtained for 105 clinical isolates by Flexicult Vet B and by the broth microdilution method (reference standard)
Bacterial species | Reference standard | Flexicult Vet B | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AMP (R > 8 µg/ml) | AMC (R > 8/4b µg/ml) | OXAa (R > 0.25 µg/ml) | ENR (R > 2 µg/ml) | SXT (R > 2/38c µg/ml) | |||||||
R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | R | S | ||
Escherichia coli (n = 40) | R | 22 | – | 5 | – | 13 | – | 18 | – | ||
S | – | 18 | 10 | 25 | – | 27 | – | 22 | |||
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (n = 20) | R | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 8 | – |
S | – | 14 | – | 17 | – | 10 | – | 15 | – | 12 | |
Proteus mirabilis (n = 12) | R | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | ||
S | – | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | – | 10 | |||
Enterococcus spp. (n = 12) | R | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | 1 | ||
S | – | 8 | – | 8 | – | 4 | – | 9 | |||
Streptococcus canis (n = 10) | R | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | ||
S | – | 10 | – | 10 | – | 9 | – | 10 | |||
Enterobacter spp. (n = 8) | R | 3 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
S | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 8 | |||
Staphylococcus | R | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
aureus (n = 5) | S | – | 4 | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 4 |
Klebsiella spp. (n = 3) | R | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
S | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | |||
Total (n = 105) | R | 37 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | – | 30 | – | 31 | 1 |
S | 1 | 66 | 12 | 78 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 79 | – | 78 | |