The Relationship between Colonization by Moraxella catarrhalis and Tonsillar Hypertrophy

Table 3

Analyses of agreement of bacteria detection rates among different specimens collected from patients with chronic adenotonsillitis, severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy, and controls.

Bacteria	Specimens	Patients	Kappa coefficient	95% CI
S. aureus	Adenoid × palatine tonsil	Control	0	(−1.04; 1.04)
		Chronic adenotonsillitis	−0.0435	(−0.1098; 0.0228)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	−0.0769	(−0.1958; 0.0419)
	Palatine tonsil × nasopharyngeal wash	Control	0	(−1.04; 1.04)
		Chronic adenotonsillitis	−0.0465	(−0.1218; 0.0287)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	−0.0769	(−0.1958; 0.0419)
	Adenoid × nasopharyngeal wash	Control	0	(−1.04; 1.04)
		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.5277	(0.0599; 0.9954)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.614	(0.1266; 1.0000)
	Adenoid × palatine tonsil	Control	−0.1455	(−0.5712; 0.2802)
		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.132	(−0.1858; 0.4497)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.0833	(−0.3336; 0.5003)
	Palatine tonsil × nasopharyngeal wash	Control	0.3171	(−0.1899; 0.8241)
S. pneumoniae		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.5325	(0.2658; 0.7991)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.5299	(0.1836; 0.8763)
	Adenoid × nasopharyngeal wash	Control	0.1967	(−0.0539; 0.4473)
		Chronic adenotonsilliti	0.4873	(0.2219; 0.7528)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.5299	(0.1836; 0.8763)
	Adenoid × palatine tonsil	Control	0.6829	(0.2996; 1.0000)
		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.2725	(−0.0046; 0.5495)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.3937	(0.0567; 0.7307)
	Palatine tonsil × nasopharyngeal wash	Control	0.4179	(−0.1244; 0.9602)
H. influenza		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.2825	(0.0243; 0.5408)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.1538	(−0.1936; 0.5013)
	Adenoid × nasopharyngeal wash	Control	0.087	(−0.4156; 0.5895)
		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.3854	(0.0724; 0.6984)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.5217	(0.1575; 0.8859)
	Adenoid × palatine tonsil	Control	−0.2353	(−0.4760; 0.0054)
		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.2986	(−0.0725; 0.6696)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.2281	(−0.3034; 0.7646)
	Palatine tonsil × nasopharyngeal wash	Control	−0.1667	(−0.3277; −0.0056)
P. aeruginosa		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.0082	(−0.3152; 0.3317)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.0494	(−0.3519; 0.4507)
	Adenoid × nasopharyngeal wash	Control	0.1765	(−0.3573; 0.7103)
		Chronic adenotonsillitis	−0.0761	(−0.3555; 0.2034)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	−0.2222	(−0.4076; −0.0369)
	Adenoid × palatine tonsil	Control	0.4324	(−0.1001; 0.9649)
		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.3183	(0.0437; 0.5928)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.4086	(−0.0008; 0.8180)
	Palatine tonsil × nasopharyngeal wash	Control	0.5714	(0.1830; 0.9598)
M. catarrhalis		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.6273	(0.3876; 0.8671)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.7179	(0.4334; 1.0000)
	Adenoid × nasopharyngeal wash	Control	0.4286	(0.0402; 0.8170)
		Chronic adenotonsillitis	0.2825	(0.0761; 0.4890)
		Severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy	0.4211	(0.0989; 0.7432)

S. pneumonia: Streptococcus pneumoniae; S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus; H. influenzae: Haemophilus influenzae; P. aeruginosa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; M. catarrhalis: Moraxella catarrhalis.