Proportion of converters, according to the number of antituberculous drugs to which isolates were resistant, among patients treated with and without linezolid(LZD) in Belarus, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, 2001–2007
| Drug resistance n | Sputum smear conversion | Culture conversion | ||||
| LZD treated | No LZD | p-value | LZD treated | No LZD | p-value | |
| <5 | 6/9 (66.7) | 35/59 (59.3) | 0.68 | 8/9 (88.9) | 50/59 (84.7) | 0.75 |
| 5–7 | 16/26 (61.5) | 23/43 (53.5) | 0.51 | 22/26 (84.6) | 34/43 (79.1) | 0.6 |
| >7 | 9/10 (90) | 1/8 (12.5) | 0.0009 | 9/10 (90) | 2/8 (25) | 0.004 |
| Total | 31/45 (68.9) | 59/110 (53.6) | 0.07 | 39/45 (86.7) | 86/110 (78.2) | 0.22 |
Data are presented as n/n (%), unless otherwise stated.