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. 2008 Dec 24;8:171. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-171

Table 1.

M. tuberculosis shared typed distribution amongst pulmonary and extra-pulmonary disease isolates.

Spoligotype * Pulmonary n(%) Extra-pulmonary n(%)
CAS 531(62) 37(49)
East African-Indian 37(4) 5(6)
Beijing 24(3) 1(1)
Haarlem 15(2) 0
T 20(2) 3(4)
LAM 2(0.2) 0
Other Orphan-Pak typesa 41(5) 5(6)
Orphan typesb 180(21) 25(33)**

Total 850 76

* Strain genotypes as listed in Fig 1.

aInclude clustered Orphan-Pak types (Pak 13–14, 17–24, 26, 28–32, 34 and 36)

bInclude unclustered Orphan types

**Denotes significant difference between pulmonary and extra-pulmonary sources, (p < 0.05, Chi x2 test)