TABLE 1.
Geographic origins of 1,505 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates and related demographic information and drug susceptibility patterns
| Parameter | Value
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riyadh | Damman | Taif | Medina | Tabuk | Jizan | Al-Bahah | Total | |
| Geographic location | Central | East | West-South | West | Northwest | South | South | |
| Total no. of isolates | 428 | 419 | 443 | 117 | 60 | 25 | 13 | 1,505 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 195 | 220 | 252 | NAa | 25 | 6 | NA | 698 |
| Female | 165 | 164 | 191 | NA | 22 | 7 | NA | 549 |
| Unknown | 68 | 35 | 0 | NA | 13 | 12 | NA | 258 |
| Sex ratio | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | NA | 1.1 | 0.8 | NA | 1.27 |
| Age group (yr) (no.) | ||||||||
| 0-20 | 40 | 33 | 46 | NA | 5 | 1 | NA | 125 |
| 21-40 | 112 | 226 | 138 | NA | 17 | 6 | NA | 499 |
| 41-60 | 106 | 86 | 76 | NA | 9 | 5 | NA | 282 |
| >60 | 83 | 26 | 24 | NA | 16 | 1 | NA | 150 |
| Unknown | 87 | 48 | 159 | NA | 13 | 12 | NA | 449 |
| Nationality (no.) | ||||||||
| Saudi Arabian | NA | 160 | 224 | NA | 47 | 9 | NA | 440 |
| Foreign born | NA | 217 | 211 | NA | 13 | 2 | NA | 443 |
| Unknown | NA | 42 | 8 | NA | 0 | 14 | NA | 622 |
| Smear microscopy (no.) | ||||||||
| Positive | 88 | 137 | 258 | NA | 11 | 4 | NA | 498 |
| Negative | 39 | 43 | 42 | NA | 44 | 1 | NA | 169 |
| Unknown | 301 | 239 | 143 | NA | 5 | 20 | NA | 838 |
| Drug resistance (no.) | ||||||||
| Any resistanceb | 47 | 51 | 117 | 6 | 1 | NA | NA | 222 |
| I + R | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA | 10 |
| I + R + S | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | NA | NA | 18 |
| I + R + E | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA | 1 |
| I + R + S + E | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | NA | NA | 21 |
| Pansusceptible | 284 | 262 | 325 | 17 | 14 | NA | NA | 902 |
| Unknown | 97 | 106 | 1 | 94 | 45 | NA | NA | 381 |
a
NA, information not available.
b
Any resistance includes all drug-resistant cases (including MDR TB).