Group
|
Follow-up period (months)
|
---|
Start of treatment
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
12
|
---|
Control
|
0/57 (0 %)
|
28/57 (49 %)
|
41/52 (79 %)
|
39/48 (81 %)
|
32/42 (76 %)
|
LVFX
|
0/18 (0 %)
|
5/18 (28 %)
|
*3/8 (38 %)
|
4/6 (67 %)
|
2/3 (67 %)
|
- If the results of both the smear and the culture examination were negative, the patients were classed as “bacilli negative conversion.” *A P-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant