Table 2.
Analysis of disagreement and correlation of agar diffusion methods (E-test and Disk-diffusion) compared to Agar dilution method.
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| Amoxicillin | 1.3 (1) | 0.3565 (0.0015) | 58.4 (0.0001) | −0.3565 (0.0015) |
| Clarithromycin | 1.3 (1) | 0.6369 (< 0.0001) | 11.7 (0.0077) | −0.5656 (< 0.0001) |
| Furazolidone | −0.0288 (0.8038) | |||
| Metronidazole | 6.5 (0.07) | 0.7992 (< 0.0001) | 10 (0.07) | −0.6962 (< 0.0001) |
| Tetracycline | 0.2346 (0.04) | |||
Disagreement analysis - McNemar’s test
Correlation analysis - Spearmans correlation test