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Table 4 Microorganism-antimicrobial combinations that did not result in agreement with standard methoda

From: Identification by mass spectrometry and automated susceptibility testing from positive bottles: a simple, rapid, and standardized approach to reduce the turnaround time in the management of blood cultures

Microorganism

mE

ME

VME

E. cloacae

Tigecycline (n = 1)

E. coli

Piperacillin-tazobactam (n = 3);

Amoxicillin-clavulanate (n = 3);

Cefepime (n = 2);

Piperacillin-tazobactam (n = 1);

Ceftazidime (n = 2);

Co-trimoxazole (n = 1)

Amikacin (n = 1)

 

E. faecalis

Vancomycin (n = 1)

K. pneumoniae

Tigecycline (n = 2)

P. mirabilis

Cefepime (n = 1)

S. aureus

Erythromycin (n = 1);

Clindamycin (n = 2);

Tetracycline (n = 1)

Daptomycin (n = 1);

Vancomycin (n = 1)

S. capitis

Erythromycin (n = 1)

Clindamycin (n = 1);

Teicoplanin (n = 1);

Tetracycline (n = 1);

Vancomycin (n = 1)

S. epidermidis

Clindamycin (n = 2);

Clindamycin (n = 2);

Teicoplanin (n = 2);

Erythromycin (n = 1)

Teicoplanin (n = 1)

Penicillin (n = 1);

Rifampicin (n = 1)

S. hominis

Levofloxacin (n = 1)

Clindamycin (n = 1)

Clindamycin (n = 1);

Gentamicin (n = 1);

Teicoplanin (n = 1)

S. pneumoniae

Erythromycin (n = 2)

Erythromycin (n = 1);

Vancomycin (n = 1)

  1. aSome isolates have more than one error. Microorganisms not listed did not have any microorganism-antimicrobial combination errors