Table 2 Susceptibilities of S.aureus to various antibiotics and the concordance and kappa statistics between CLSI 2015 and EUCAST 2015 guidelines
Antibiotic | CLSI (%); n = 1103 | EUCAST (%); n = 1103 | Concordance (%) | Kappa, κ (95 % CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S | I | R | S | I | R | |||
Penicillin | 10.6 | 0 | 89.4 | 10.6 | 0 | 89.4 | 100 | 1 |
TMP/SMX | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 1 |
Clindamycin | 98.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 98.0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 99.5 | 0.904 (0.826, 0.982) |
Erythromycin | 85.6 | 0.5 | 13.9 | 86.0 | 0 | 14.0 | 99.4 | 0.978 (0.960, 0.996) |
Gentamicin | 96.3 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 91.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 94.6 | 0.537 (0.441, 0.633) |
Levofloxacin | 90.8 | 0.3 | 8.9 | 90.8 | 0.3 | 8.9 | 100 | 1 |
Linezolid | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 1 |
Oxacillin | 93.3 | 0 | 6.7 | 93.3 | 0 | 6.7 | 100 | 1 |
Tetracycline | 83.2 | 0.1 | 16.7 | 82.4 | 0.8 | 16.8 | 98.9 | 0.962 (0.940, 0.984) |
Vancomycin | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 1 |