Table 2 Concordant statistics of minimum inhibitory concentrations.

From: Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing of bacteria from patients’ blood via assaying bacterial metabolic response with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

MIC results

Bacterial strain

S. aureus

E. coli

Concordant

15

32

One-dilution discordant

11

1

Two-dilution discordant

6

10

  1. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of oxacillin for blood isolates of S. aureus and of cefotaxim for blood isolates of E. coli determined by SERS-AST method compared with those determined by standard agar dilution method.
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