TABLE 2.

Analysis of correlation of M. tuberculosis MIC with linezolid MIC as an independent variable

Antimicrobial agent	MIC range	Result with linezolid MIC as independent variable
		Goodman and Kruskal tau	P
Fluoroquinolones
Ciprofloxacin	≤0.25->4	0.057	0.000
Ofloxacin	≤0.25->4	0.054	0.001
Levofloxacin	≤0.25->4	0.025	0.453
Moxifloxacin	0.03->4	0.059	0.030
Aminoglycosides
Streptomycin	<0.25->8	0.040	0.325
Kanamycin	<0.375->48	0.053	0.027
Other drugs
Rifabutin	<0.25->32	0.051	0.123
Ethionamide	≤1.25->80	0.046	0.112
PASa	<0.03->64	0.063	0.107

^aPAS, para-aminosalicylic acid.