Table 1.
Characterization of Tuberculosis Cases and Mycobacterial Strains in 6 Study Sites in China, 2009–2010
| Region | Total Cases, No. | Male Sex, % | Median Age, y (range) | New Cases, No. (%)a |
Retreatment Cases, No. (%)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | INH | RIF | MDR | Total | INH | RIF | MDR | ||||
| Sichuan | 216 | 76.4 | 44 (15–83) | 172 | 16 (9.3) | 15 (8.7) | 10 (5.8) | 32 | 12 (37.5) | 14 (43.8) | 10 (31.3) |
| Guangxi | 176 | 72.7 | 43 (15–86) | 137 | 8 (5.8) | 6 (4.4) | 2 (1.5) | 26 | 11 (42.3) | 11 (42.3) | 9 (34.6) |
| Shanghai | 396 | 65.9 | 34 (15–88) | 359 | 39 (10.9) | 16 (4.5) | 11 (3.1) | 37 | 11 (29.7) | 8 (21.6) | 8 (21.6) |
| Shandong | 206 | 76.7 | 55 (17–87) | 167 | 32 (19.2) | 17 (10.2) | 13 (7.8) | 9 | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | 4 (44.4) |
| Henan | 197 | 73.1 | 55 (16–93) | 122 | 13 (10.7) | 5 (4.1) | 4 (3.3) | 35 | 10 (28.6) | 9 (25.7) | 8 (22.9) |
| Heilongjiang | 184 | 67.9 | 49 (16–85) | 148 | 11 (7.4) | 6 (4.1) | 4 (2.7) | 16 | 2 (12.5) | 2 (12.5) | 1 (6.3) |
| Total | 1375 | 71.3 | 44 (15–93) | 1105 | 119 (10.8) | 65 (5.9) | 44 (4.0) | 155 | 51 (32.9) | 48 (31.0) | 40 (25.8) |
Abbreviations: INH, isoniazid resistant; MDR, multidrug resistant, resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampin; RIF, rifampin resistant.
a Data on tuberculosis treatment history were available for 1260 (91.6%) cases.