Skip to main content
. 2012 Jun 1;43(1):266–273. doi: 10.1590/S1517-838220120001000031

Table 4.

Overall agreement between results of fluconazole susceptibility tests and of standard 24-h broth MD reference test

Test Kappa Coefficient a Level of agreement Percentage Agreementb P value
Disc diffusion 0.61 Good agreement 81.08 0.000*
Flow cytometry 0.88 Excellent agreement 95.59 0.000*
a

Kappa values: 0.00-0.4, fair agreement ; 0.41-0.75, good agreement ; 0.76-1.00, excellent agreement.

b

Percentage agreement equals the agreement between the standard test (MD) and either disc diffusion or flowcytometry