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

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World J Exp Med. Sep 20, 2026; 16(3): 122305
Published online Sep 20, 2026. doi: 10.5493/wjem.122305

Table 8 Association of diabetic status with outcome and time to culture conversion

Parameter	Diabetic (n = 61)	Pre-diabetic (n = 66)	Non-diabetic (n = 137)	P value
Outcome				< 0.001
Alive	43 (70.5)	55 (83.3)	119 (86.9)
Dead	9 (14.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Lost to follow-up	9 (14.8)	11 (16.7)	18 (13.1)
Total participants	61 (100.0)	66 (100.0)	137 (100.0)
Time to culture conversion, days
mean ± SD	132.97 ± 22.28	112.58 ± 7.55	96.90 ± 10.82	< 0.001

Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

SD: Standard deviation.

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Citation: Vats Y, Verma AK, Bajpai J, Kant S, Jain P, Bajaj D, Srivastava A, Kushwaha RAS, Kumar S, Garg R, Kumar A, Pradhan A. Culture conversion and drug susceptibility in drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with type 2 diabetes mellitus on oral regimens. World J Exp Med 2026; 16(3): 122305
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Vats Y, Verma AK, Bajpai J, Kant S, Jain P, Bajaj D, Srivastava A, Kushwaha RAS, Kumar S, Garg R, Kumar A, Pradhan A. Culture conversion and drug susceptibility in drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with type 2 diabetes mellitus on oral regimens. World J Exp Med 2026; 16(3): 122305 [DOI: 10.5493/wjem.122305]

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