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Table 1 Number of patients with positive cultures at or after week 33 (lower bound of the month 9 visit window) on separate visits in patients with a favourable outcome (per protocol) by culture medium. Two positive cultures on the same day only count as a single result

From: A comparison of liquid and solid culture for determining relapse and durable cure in phase III TB trials for new regimens

Culture medium

Number of positive cultures at or after week 33 on culture medium in patients with a favourable outcome

0

1

2

3

4

Total

MGIT

1196 (90%)

102 (8%)

17 (1%)

5 (<0.5%)

2 (<0.5%)

1322

LJ

1288 (97%)

33 (2%)

1 (<0.5%)

0

0

1322