How much VITEK 2 Compact is reliable to antimicrobial susceptibility testing (MIC)?

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Salequl Islam

Hi Md Samun Sarker

As far as I know, the EUCAST guideline suggests the broth dilution technique as the gold standard for MIC determination. I heard the discrepancy of VITEK for bacterial identification as well in comparison to 16s rDNA sequencing.

Md Samun Sarker

Stefan Zimmermann

Thank you for your informative reply. I observed the mismatch only for specific antibiotics.

Thank you again