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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants enrolled in the study and their association with culture outcome as analyzed by the x2 test

From: Prevalence and drug resistance profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending two public hospitals in East Gojjam zone, northwest Ethiopia

Characteristic

Participants with positive sputum culture (n = 124), n (%)

Participants with negative sputum culture (n = 261), n (%)

P value*

Sex

Male

82 (66.1)

162 (62.0)

0.256

Female

42 (33.9)

99 (38.0)

 

HIV status

   

HIV-negative

102 (82.3)

67 (25.7)

0.093

HIV-positive

22 (17.7)

194 (74.3)

 

Previous history of treatment

No

107 (86.3)

51 (19.5)

0.198

Yes

17 (13.7)

210 (80.5)

 

Sputum microscopy

Smear-positive

77 (62.1)

2 (0.7)

< 0.001

Smear-negative

47 (37.7)

259 (99.3)

 
  1. *Comparing participants with a positive culture vs. participants with a negative culture. TB, Tuberculosis; HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus