Table 3. Proportion of Beijing family in isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with distribution by center/laboratory, Samara Oblast, Russian Federation.

Location	No. of isolates available for typing (n= 138)a	No. of Beijing family isolates (%)
All	138	94b (68.1)
Prison TB colony	49	40 (81.6)
City dispensary 1	11	6 (54.5)
City hospital 1	34	18 (52.9)
Novokuibyshevsk town laboratory	21	12 (57.1)
Oblast regional TB laboratory	19	14 (73.7)

^aOf 140 cultures, 138 were available for spoligotyping (2 were not multiresistant TB); however, 4 cultures could not be attributed to a center.
^b38 cultures were evaluated, but 4 could not be attributed to a specific center, i.e., 134 attributable cultures