TABLE 4.
Number and percentage of selected infectious conditions among black and white Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia and non-Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia patients.
| WM cases |
non-WM cases |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacks |
Whites |
Blacks |
Whites |
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Bacterial | 11 | 24.4 | 53 | 16.8 | 142023 | 17.1 | 438156 | 11.9 |
| Viral | 6 | 13.3 | 16 | 5.1 | 40825 | 4.9 | 143894 | 3.9 |
| Parasitic | 7 | 15.6 | 13 | 4.1 | 52930 | 6.4 | 150971 | 4.1 |
| Lower airways | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | 10 | 22.2 | 37 | 11.7 | 72617 | 8.7 | 289926 | 7.9 |
| Tuberculosis | 3 | 6.7 | 8 | 2.5 | 26760 | 3.2 | 55597 | 1.5 |
| Other | ||||||||
| Gingivitis and periodontitis | 10 | 22.2 | 27 | 8.5 | 103739 | 12.5 | 375451 | 10.2 |
| Mycoses | 3 | 6.7 | 13 | 4.1 | 46643 | 5.6 | 128876 | 3.5 |
Abbreviations: WM=Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia