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 |