TABLE 1.
Specimens and mycobacterial load measurements
| Study | No. of patients | No. of samples | Mean no. (SD) of samples per patient | log CFU/ml sputum |
log TTPa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valid no. (%) of specimens | Mean | SD | Valid no. (%) of specimens | Mean | SD | ||||
| A | 68 | 745 | 11 (0.3) | 646 (86.7) | 4.5 | 1.8 | 716 (96.1) | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| B | 85 | 1,310 | 15 (2.2) | 1,209 (92.3) | 5.1 | 1.5 | 1,283 (97.9) | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| C | 69 | 752 | 11 (0.8) | 714 (94.9) | 5.3 | 1.3 | 735 (97.7) | 2.1 | 0.1 |
| D | 59 | 470 | 8 (0.2) | 426 (90.6) | 5.1 | 1.4 | 456 (97.0) | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| E | 68 | 854 | 12 (1.7) | 825 (96.6) | 5.8 | 1.1 | 771 (90.3) | 2.1 | 0.2 |
| F | 90 | 1,421 | 15 (1.5) | 1,247 (87.8) | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1,383 (97.3) | 2.1 | 0.2 |
| Total | 439 | 5,552 | 13 (3.1) | 5,067 (91.3) | 5.2 | 1.5 | 5,344 (96.3) | 2.2 | 0.2 |
a
TTP, time to culture positivity.