TABLE 2.
Rate of clustering and sex of patients
| Clinical site of TB (no. of patients) | Avg no. of IS6110 bands (range) | No. of patients
|
Pa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clustered
|
Nonclustered
|
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| Male | Female | Male | Female | |||
| Pulmonary (155) | 9.3 (0-22) | 45 | 38 | 53 | 19 | 0.019 |
| Both pulmonary and extrapulmonary (10) | 8.9 (1-14) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.53 |
| Pulmonary + pleural (6) | 10 (7-14) | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Pulmonary + lymph node (3) | 9.3 (8-12) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pulmonary + peritoneal (1) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pleural (118) | 9.5 (1-22) | 44 | 15 | 45 | 14 | 1 |
| Other extrapulmonary (33) | 8 (1-19) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0.75 |
| Peritoneal (11) | 10.4 (2-19) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Lymph node (13) | 5.9 (1-18) | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Bone (3) | 8.6 (1-14) | 2 | 1 | |||
| Meningitis (2) | 10.5 (10-11) | 2 | ||||
| Cutaneous (1) | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Synovial (1) | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Ear, nose, and throat (1) | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Pericardial (1) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pleural + peritoneal (1) | 8 | 1 | ||||
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Comparison of rates of clustering of male and female groups.