Comparison of discrepancies and agreement between the CLSI and Etest method for 295 N. gonorrhoeae isolates
| Antimicrobial agent | No. of discrepancies | % Agreement | Correlation coefficient (r) | |||
| Minor | Major | Very major | Complete | Essential | ||
| Penicillin | 37 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 | 100 | 0.99 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 34 | 0 | 0 | 88.5 | 100 | 0.99 |
| Spectinomycin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 1.0 |
| Ceftriaxone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98.6 | 100 | 1.0 |
| Tetracycline | 58 | 16 | 0 | 74.9 | 94.6 | 0.61 |
| All | 133 | 16 | 0 | 49.5 | 94.6 | 0.92 |
CLSI, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; Minor, ‘S’ and ‘R’ as ‘LS’or ‘LS’ as ‘S’ or ‘R’; Major, ‘S’ as ‘R’; Very major, ‘R’ as ‘S’.