Serial counts of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum as surrogate markers of the sterilising activity of rifampicin and pyrazinamide in treating pulmonary tuberculosis.

BMC Pulm Med · 2001 · PMC60677 · PMID 11737875

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bordered on significancep = 0.044actually significant

The KI (2–7) also showed more rapid killing by the SHRZ than the SHT regimens and also more rapid killing by seropositive than by seronegative patients, but the differences for both contrasts bordered on significance (p = 0.044 and p = 0.051, respectively).

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highly significantno p-value reported

Highly significant differences between the bactericidal activities of the two regimens were found during the 2–28 day period suggesting the value of this approach.

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