TABLE 1.
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients harboring clustered versus nonclustered strains
| Parameter (n = 151) | Cluster groups (n = 113)
|
Noncluster group (n = 38) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All clusters (n = 113) | SIT53 (n = 51) | SIT54 (n = 33) | Other cluster groups (n = 29) | ||
| No. (%) of patients ages (yr): | |||||
| 15-45 | 80 (70.7) | 39 (76.6) | 22 (66.6) | 19 (65.5) | 26 (68.4) |
| ≥46 | 33 (29.3) | 12 (23.3) | 11 (33.4) | 10 (34.5) | 12 (31.6) |
| No. (%) of patients of the following sex: | |||||
| Male | 88 (77.8) | 39 (76.6) | 28 (84.8) | 21 (72.4) | 30 (78.9) |
| Female | 25 (22.2) | 12 (23.3) | 5 (15.2) | 8 (27.6) | 8 (21.1) |
| Sex ratioa | 3.52 | 3.25 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 3.75 |
| No. (%) of patients with history of TB | |||||
| No previous therapy | 86 (76) | 42 (82.3) | 21 (63.6) | 23 (79.3) | 32 (84.2) |
| Previously treated | 27 (24) | 9 (17.7) | 12 (36.4) | 6 (20.7) | 6 (15.8) |
| No. (%) of patients with the following country of origin: | |||||
| Egyptian | 101 (89.3) | 46 (90.1) | 27 (81.8) | 28 (96.5) | 34 (89.4) |
| Foreign born | 12 (10.7) | 5 (9.9) | 6 (18.2) | 1 (3.5) | 3 (10.6) |
a
The sex ratio is the number of males/number of females.