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Table 1 Detail demographic data of the studied population.

From: The Recent-Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains among Iranian and Afghan Relapse Cases: a DNA-fingerprinting using RFLP and spoligotyping

 

Non-cluster Patients (193 = 74.8%)

Cluster patients (65; 25%)

Nationality

Iranian 151(78.2%)

Afghani 42(21.3%)

Iranian 48(73%)

Afghani 17(26%)

Mean age

47.91 ± 25

39.65 ± 11

44.17 ± 19

36.19 ± 8

Female

70(46.3%)

15(35.7%)

18(37.5%)

8(47%)

Male

81(53.6%)

27(64.2%)

30(62.5%)

9(56.9%)

Pulmonary

147 (97.3%)

37(88%)

47(97.9.%)

14(46.4%)

Extra-pulmonary

2(1.3%)

3(7.1%)

0

2 (30.7%)

Both

2 (1.3%)

2(4.7%)

1(2.0%)

1(1.5%)

AIDS

2(1.3%)Positive

17 (40.4%) Negative

3(6.25) Negative

17(26.1%) NA

 

76(97.5%) Negative

25(59.5%)NA

41(85.4%) NA

 
 

73(48.3%) NA

   

PPD

72(47%) Positive

16(38%) Positive

19(39.5%) Positive

4(23%) Positive

 

18 (11.9%) Negative

5 (11.9%) Negative

8 (16.6%) Negative

3 (7.6%) Negative

 

25(16.5%)equivocal

9(21.9%)equivocole

14 (29.1%)equivocole

7(11%) equivocole

 

36(23.8%) NA*

12(28.5%) NA

7(14.5%) NA

5(29.4%) NA

History of family or close contact

27(17.8%)

17(40%)

10 (20.8%)

8(47.9%)

 

96(63.5%)

5(11.9%)

35 (72.9%)

8(33%)

Susceptible

29(19.2%)

31 (73.8%)

5(10.4%)

7(41.1%)

MDR-Other resistant

26(17.2%)

6(14.2%)

8 (16.6%)

2(11.7%)

Crowded and low living condition

134(88.7%)

38 (90%)

44 (91.6%)

17(100%)

Low-Salary

129(85.4%)

40(95.2%)

35(72.9%)

16(94.1%)

  1. *.NA, the data were not available