Table 5: Studies comparing QMAC-dRASTTM data with data obtained by standard AST methods.

No. of Samples Gram Negatives Gram Positives Polymicrobial CAs*, % VMEs**, % MEs, % mEs, % Reference
- - - - - - - - -
189 106 83 - 91.5 1.5 2.6 6.5 [12]
206 105 101 - 91.1 1.5 2.7 6.7 [6]
359 191 137 31 96.1 3.3 1.1 1.9 [8]
119 67 52 - - - - - [7]***
100 100 - - 92.9 0.8 3.2 3.0 [10]
110 - 110 - 91.5 1.2 4.3 5.4 [9]
255 144 111 - 96.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 This study

*CAs: Categorical Agreements.
**VME: very major error; ME: major error; mE: minor error.
***CAs not given; in 66 of 67 Gram negatives and 49 of 52 Gram positives, respectively, recommended identical antibiotic treatment as guided by BMD (broth micro dilution) testing.