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. 2024 Feb 19;24:61. doi: 10.1186/s12866-024-03199-3

Table 4.

Pearson correlation coefficients for pairs of antibiotics to assess antibiotic-resistant Bacillus isolates from animal feed, food and diarrhea

Statistical analysis PG AMC CFM CTR VAN AZM EM TET GEN CM NIT CIP LEV CMX
PG Pearson Correlation Coefficient 1
p-value (two tailed) -
AMC Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.148* 1
p-value (two tailed) 0.029
CFM Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.811** 0.120 1
p-value (two tailed)  < 0.001 0.077
CTR Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.341** 0.434** 0.276** 1
p-value (two tailed)  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
VAN Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.329** 0.450** 0.267** 0.966** 1
p-value (two tailed)  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
AZM Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.126 0.190** 0.102 0.371** 0.384** 1
p-value (two tailed 0.062 0.005 0.131  < 0.001  < 0.001
EM Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.234** 0.473** 0.190** 0.687** 0.711** 0.540** 1
p-value (two tailed  < 0.001  < 0.001 0.005  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
TET Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.196** 0.379** 0.159* 0.576** 0.597** 0.644** 0.840** 1
p-value (two tailed 0.004  < 0.001 0.019  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
GEN Pearson Correlation Coefficient -c -c -c -c -c -c -c -c -c
p-value (two tailed - - - - - - - - -
CM Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.126 0.190** 0.102 0.371** 0.384** 1.000** 0.540** 0.644** -c 1
p-value (two tailed 0.062 0.005 0.131  < .001  < .001 0.000  < .001  < .001 -c
NIT Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.232** 0.468** 0.188** 0.680** 0.704** 0.545** 0.991** 0.847** -c 0.545** 1
p-value (two tailed  < .001  < .001 0.005  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001 -c  < .001
CIP Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.161* 0.288** 0.131 0.473** 0.490** 0.784** 0.689** 0.820** -c 0.784** 0.695** 1
p-value (two tailed 0.017  < .001 0.054  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001 -c  < .001  < .001
LEV Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.143* 0.237** 0.166 0.419** 0.434** 0.886** 0.610** 0.727** -c 0.886** 0.616** 0.886** 1
p-value (two tailed 0.035  < .001 0.088  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001 -c  < .001  < .001  < .001
CMX Pearson Correlation Coefficient 0.431** 0.343** 0.350** 0.790** 0.763** 0.293** 0.543** 0.455** -c 0.293** 0.538** 0.374** 0.331** 1
p-value (two tailed  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001 -c  < .001  < .001  < .001  < .001 -

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed), ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2 tailed), CCannot be computed because at least one of the variables is constant, PG Penicillin G, AMC Amoxicillin-Clavulanic acid, CFM Cefixime, CTR Ceftriaxone, VAN Vancomycin, AZM Azithromycin, EM Erythromycin, TET Tetracycline, GEN Gentamicin, CM Clindamycin, NIT Nitrofurantoin, CIP Ciprofloxacin, LEV Levofloxacin, CMX Co-Trimoxazole