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. 2015 Mar 4;45(4):1439–1448. doi: 10.1590/s1517-83822014000400039

Table 2.

Analysis of disagreement and correlation of agar diffusion methods (E-test and Disk-diffusion) compared to Agar dilution method.

Antimicrobial agent Method

E-test Disk-diffusion


Disagreement - % (p) Correlation (p) Disagreement - % (p) Correlation (p)


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