Table 2

Comparison of TEMA and APM for antimycobacterial susceptibility testing of Non-tubercular mycobacterial isolates


APM



STR
RIF
ETH
CIP
OFL
ATH
CLA








TEMA
S
R
S
R
S
R
S
R
S
R
S
R
S
R


Sensitive
43
1
45
0
36
0
50
0
53
0
43
0
45
0
Resistant
1
10
1
9
0
19
0
5
1
1
1
11
1
9
Total
44
11
46
9
36
19
50
5
54
1
44
11
46
9
Percentage
(80%)
(20%)
(83.6%)
(16.4%)
(65.5%)
(34.5%)
(91%)
(9%)
(98.2%)
(1.8%)
(80%)
(20%)
(83.6%)
(16.4%)

Concordance
96.4%
98%
100%
100%
98%
98%
98%

TEMA: Tetrazolium Microplate Assay, STR: Streptomycin, RIF: Rifampicin, ETH: Ethambutol, CIP: Ciprofloxacin, OFL: Ofloxacin, ATH: Azithromycin, CLA: Clarithromycin, S: Sensitive, R: Resistant.

Sankar et al. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:15   doi:10.1186/1476-0711-7-15