Table 3.

MIRU loci analysis of MDR M tuberculosis

MIRU Loci	HGDI values for				P- value
	MDR CAS1 (n = 62)	Conclusion	MDR 'unique' (n = 54)	Conclusion
2	0.5944	Moderately discriminant	0.4983	Moderately discriminant	0.463
4	0.2871	Poorly discriminant	0.4689	Moderately discriminant	0.007*
10	0.7536	Highly discriminant	0.8092	Highly discriminant	0.142
16	0.7784	Highly discriminant	0.7582	Highly discriminant	0.188
20	0.6076	Highly discriminant	0.3662	Moderately discriminant	0.098
23	0.5463	Moderately discriminant	0.5311	Moderately discriminant	0.862
24	0.5219	Moderately discriminant	0.4780	Moderately discriminant	0.266
26	0.8080	Highly discriminant	0.8609	Highly discriminant	0.100
27	0.7504	Highly discriminant	0.5542	Moderately discriminant	0.955
31	0.7583	Highly discriminant	0.7659	Highly discriminant	0.934
39	0.7155	Highly discriminant	0.6003	Highly discriminant	0.465
40	0.7150	Highly discriminant	0.7358	Highly discriminant	0.332
	Average: 0.6530		Average: 0.6189

*Locus 4 between the two is significantly different (P value < 0.05)