Table 3. Characteristics of MDR-TB patients.
| No. | Gender, age | Residential area | HIV | DR pattern | MTB spoligotype | VNTR pattern | Clustered among MDR cases | Clustered among all cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 | M, 40 | Old urban | Neg. | IRS | Beijing | 233643446844243 | Yes (cluster I) | Yes (cluster I) |
| 294 | M, 22 | Old urban | Neg. | IRSE | Beijing | 233643446844243 | Yes (cluster I) | Yes (cluster I) |
| 166 | M, 50 | Old urban | Neg. | IRS | Beijing | 233653446744243 | Yes (cluster II) | Yes (cluster II) |
| 347 | F, 18 | Suburban | Neg. | IRS | Beijing | 233653446744243 | Yes (cluster II) | Yes (cluster II) |
| 356 | M, 30 | New urban | Neg. | IRSE | Beijing | 233653446744243 | Yes (cluster II) | Yes (cluster II) |
| 239 | M, 43 | New urban | Neg. | IRSE | Unclassified | 642245742652124 | Yes (cluster III) | Yes (cluster III) |
| 256 | M, 34 | New urban | Pos. | IRSE | Unclassified | 642245742652124 | Yes (cluster III) | Yes (cluster III) |
| 48 | F, 55 | Old urban | Neg. | IRS | Beijing | 233753447534443 | Yes (cluster IV) | Yes (cluster IV) |
| 449 | M, 29 | Old urban | Pos. | IRS | Beijing | 233753447534443 | Yes (cluster IV) | Yes (cluster IV) |
| 205 | M, 52 | Suburban | Neg. | IRSE | Beijing | 233751445854242 | No | Yes (cluster V) |
| 474 | M, 26 | New urban | Neg. | IR | Beijing | 223753445854243 | No | Yes (cluster VI) |
| 36 | M, 44 | Old urban | Neg. | IRSE | Beijing | 243753N42344335 | No | No |
| 69 | M, 35 | New urban | Neg. | IRS | Beijing | 233753446754243 | No | No |
| 126 | M, 26 | New urban | Pos. | IRSE | Beijing | 233751545854242 | No | No |
| 236 | M, 34 | Suburban | Pos. | IRS | EAI5 | 632253742692122 | No | No |
| 368 | M, 40 | New urban | Neg. | IRS | Beijing | 232543443844443 | No | No |
| 409 | M, 30 | New urban | Pos. | IRSE | Beijing | 233455444832423 | No | No |
| 489 | M, 44 | Old urban | Neg. | IRS | Beijing | 223753445864243 | No | No |
| 528 | M, 55 | New urban | Neg. | IRSE | Unclassified | 642245442652124 | No | No |
| 16 | M, 62 | Old urban | Neg. | IRSE | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 264 | M, 36 | New urban | Pos. | IRSE | EAI5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 333 | M, 31 | New urban | Pos. | IRS | EAI5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; MDR-TB: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; DR: drug-resistant; VNTR: variable numbers of tandem repeats; M: male; F: female; IR: resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin; IRS: resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, and streptomycin; IRSE: resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin, and ethambutol; Neg: negative; Pos: positive; MTB: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; N (in “VNTR pattern” column): polymerase chain reaction negative; EAI: East African–Indian; N/A: not available.