Table 3. Different time components from first care seeking visit to MDR-TB treatment initiation in SSm- patients.

	Culture-based algorithm	LPA-based algorithm		p-value
	LJ (N = 67)	MGIT + LPA (n = 48)	LJ+LPA (n = 12)
Median time from first care seeking visit to first microscopy (days, range) IQR	1 (0–770) IQR: 0–63.5	7.5 (0–209) IQR: 1.8–29	25 (6–168) IQR: 8.8–45	LJ vs. MGIT+LPA: p = 0.105 LJ vs. LJ+LPA: p = 0.020
Median time from first microscopy to sputum used for DST or LPA	2 (0–770) IQR: 0–74.8	7.5 (0–256) IQR: 1–29	25 (6–168) IQR: 8.8–45	LJ vs. MGIT+LPA: p = 0.322 LJ vs. LJ+LPA: p = 0.025
Laboratory turn-around time	74 (22–125) IQR: 64.3–84	28.5 (9–85) IQR: 23–35.3	64 (22–86) IQR: 54–72.3	LJ vs. MGIT+LPA: p<0.001 LJ vs. LJ+LPA: p = 0.020
Median time from DST or LPA result to treatment (days, range)	28 (6–262) IQR: 15–47.5	15 (5–493) IQR: 10–24.8	17 (13–42) IQR: 17–29.5	LJ vs. MGIT+LPA: p<0.001 LJ vs. LJ+LPA: p = 0.716
Overall median time from 1st visit to treatment	140 (29–858) IQR: 99.5–216.5	62 (24–579) IQR: 50.3–84	113 (67–253) IQR: 88.5–131.8	LJ vs. MGIT+LPA: p<0.001 LJ vs. LJ+LPA: p = 0.037