Assessments of serum copper and zinc concentration, and the Cu/Zn ratio determination in patients with multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Côte d’Ivoire

Table 1 Values of the Cu / Zn ratio in patients with MDR-TB at different monitoring stages

MDR-TB Patients	Cu / Zn ratio during the treatment follow up stages			Control	Normal Value
	M0	M3	M6
Male	5.71 ± 2.0^a	3.34 ± 3.2^ab	3.08 ± 0.7^ab	1.29 ± 0.1	1.14–1.29
Female	4.13 ± 2.5^a	3.26 ± 0.7^ab	2.93 ± 0.6^ab	1.21 ± 0.1	1.14–1.29

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