Table
5: Culture
status of sputum culture-positive pulmonary TB patients with and without DM at
2 months.
|
Sputum
status at 2
months |
TB Patient with DM N = 21 n (%) |
TB Patient without DM N = 136 |
P value |
|
Culture-positive |
6 (28.6%) |
95 (70.4%) |
0.442 |
|
Culture-negative |
12 (57.1%) |
29 (21.5%) |
|
|
Culture not registered |
3 (14.3%) |
11 (8.1%) |