Table 3.

Characteristics of the MTZ cluster patients linked by the place of residence and/or by common risk factors for TB

ID n°	Age (years)	Sex	Date of isolation	HIV status	Origin	Area of Residence a	Characteristics in common b
371	30	Man	200307	Negative	Guinea	11	Neighbours
42	25	Man	200206	Negative	Spain	11
177	32	Woman	200109	Negative	Spain	18d	Neighbours
171	38	Man	200108	Negative	Spain	18d
60	44	Man	200209	Negative	Spain	-	Prison, alcoholism
258	36	Man	200205	Positive	Spain	-	Prison, alcoholism
167	47	Man	200107	Unknown	Spain	-	Prison
246	33	Man	200204	Negative	Spain	18b	Neighbour of 322
322	27	Man	200303	Negative	Egypt	18b	Prison, neighbour of 246, IDU
69	24	Man	200211	Negative	Unknown	18a	Neighbours, alcoholism
263	53	Man	200207	Negative	Spain	18a	Neighbours, alcoholism
374	46	Man	200308	Positive	Spain	18a	Ex-IDU
217	34	Man	200112	Positive	Unknown	-	Ex-IDU
23	36	Man	200112	Positive	Spain	-	Ex-IDU
304	34	Man	200303	Negative	South America	-	Ex-IDU
79	26	Man	200212	Positive	Venezuela	6	-
434	56	Man	200403	Unknown	Spain	6	Alcoholism. Worked next to area 5
271	39	Man	200208	Negative	Spain	-	Alcoholism
178	47	Man	200109	Negative	Spain	3	Alcoholism
428	26	Woman	200402	Positive	Spain	4	Lived in the same area than 442 (table 2)
318	44	Man	200303	Negative	Gambia	-	15 years in Spain
312	25	Man	200302	Negative	Gambia	10	10 years in Spain. Worked in area 8.
59	39	Woman	200209	Negative	Spain	8
76	43	Man	200212	Unknown	Ukraine	8
125	60	Woman	200402	Negative	Spain	8
302	41	Man	200301	Negative	Spain	15
427	46	Man	200402	Negative	Spain	15
94	50	Man	200307	Negative	Spain	9
194	57	Man	200109	Negative	Spain	9
209	31	Man	200112	Negative	Spain	12
283	26	Man	200209	Negative	Spain	12
174	36	Woman	200108	Negative	Spain	13
205	26	Woman	200111	Negative	Spain	13
342	21	Man	200305	Negative	Spain	14
276	35	Man	200209	Negative	Spain	14
237	49	Man	200204	Positive	Spain	5
297	28	Man	200210	Negative	Unknown	5
247	36	Woman	200205	Positive	Spain	18a
199	63	Man	200111	Unknown	Spain	18a
385	44	Man	200309	Positive	Spain	18b
18	68	Man	200111	Unknown	Spain	18b
431	29	Woman	200402	Positive	Spain	18c
214	53	Man	200201	Negative	Spain	18c
370	52	Man	200308	Negative	Spain	18c
26	31	Woman	200201	Negative	Spain	18c
260	33	Man	200206	Negative	Spain	18d
158	20	Woman	200106	Unknown	Spain	18d

^a The areas of residence are shown in figure 2. The dash (-) means that the patients did not live in any of the 18 areas of residence (see figure 2). ^b Patients were classified as "neighbours" when they lived in the same street.

ID n°: patient identification number. IDU: injection drug user.