Delays in reporting positive cultures and drug susceptibility testing results for Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates separated by sputum smear status
| Sputum smear-positive | Sputum smear-negative | |
| Time for reporting positive culture for M. tuberculosis days | 10.32±4.7 (7–11.75) | 13.17±5.15 (9–17) |
| Time to drug susceptibility testing report for isolates days | 23.9±8.9 (8–27) | 29.6±7.26 (24.75–35) |
Data are presented as mean±sd (interquartile range).