Culture conversion and drug susceptibility in drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with type 2 diabetes mellitus on oral regimens

Table 7 Association of diabetic status with sputum microscopy and culture results from third month to sixth month

Month	Category	Diabetic, positive	Diabetic, negative	Pre-diabetic, positive	Pre-diabetic, negative	Non-diabetic, positive	Non-diabetic, negative	P value
Third	Microscopy	13.1	85.2	1.5	97.0	0.7	97.8	0.002
Third	Culture	16.4	75.4	1.5	66.7	1.5	78.1	< 0.001
Fourth	Microscopy	4.9	83.6	0.0	98.5	0.0	94.2	0.0012
Fourth	Culture	9.8	65.6	0.0	50.0	0.0	83.2	< 0.001
Fifth	Microscopy	0.0	70.5	0.0	89.4	0.0	87.6	< 0.001
Fifth	Culture	0.0	73.8	0.0	80.3	0.0	83.9	0.055
Sixth	Microscopy	0.0	62.3	0.0	83.3	0.0	81.0	< 0.001
Sixth	Culture	0.0	55.7	0.0	77.3	0.0	75.9	0.001