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. 2007 Oct 10;45(12):4064–4066. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01780-07

TABLE 2.

Comparison of sputum bacillary load and disease severity in patients with cavitary and noncavitary tuberculosis

Patient group CFU/ml of sputum (SE) at various disease severities
Pa
Minimal Moderately advanced Far advanced
Cavitary 4.79 (0.22) 5.35 (0.17) <0.05
Noncavitary 3.05 (0.28) 4.11 (0.17)b 4.64 (0.25)b <0.05
a

Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test.

b

P < 0.05 (cavitary versus noncavitary).

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