Skip to main content

Table 4 Pearson correlation coefficients for pairs of antibiotics to assess antibiotic-resistant Bacillus isolates from animal feed, food and diarrhea

From: Emergence of multidrug-resistant Bacillus spp. derived from animal feed, food and human diarrhea in South-Eastern Bangladesh

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

-

  1. *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