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)