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. 2011 Sep 8;6(9):e23870. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023870

Table 2. Correlations between M. tuberculosis CFU in blood and spleen and inflammatory response in the lungs.

Lung variable Spearmans' correlation coefficient P-value
Blood CFU Lung CFU 0.321 <0.001
Spleen CFU 0.235 0.004
BAL IL-12p40 0.282 <0.001
BAL IFN 0.161 0.046
Spleen CFU Lung CFU 0.701 <0.001
Blood CFU 0.235 0.004
BAL IL-12p40 0.279 0.008
BAL IFN 0.161 0.046