Table 2. Factors associated with sputum sample being culture positive.

	Culture POS (n = 74)	Culture NEG (n = 89)	p
Microscopy result
Negative	0 (0%)	14 (100%)	0.0031
Scanty	8 (40%)	12 (60%)
+	15 (43%)	20 (57%)
++	19 (49%)	20 (51%)
+++	32 (58%)	23 (42%)
Time (days) to Noumea [median (range)]	35.5 (3–165)	58 (7–293)	0.0032

¹Chi square test.

²Wilcoxon Rank Sum test.