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. 2014 Mar-Apr;40(2):142–147. doi: 10.1590/S1806-37132014000200007

Table 1. Distribution of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patients, by gender and age bracket.

Age bracket (years) MDR-TB patients XDR-TB patients
(n = 280) (n = 2)
Gender Total Gender Total
Female Male Female Male
(n) (n) (n) (n)
0-20 16 3 19
21-40 92 99 191 1 1 2
41-60 20 36 56
> 60 1 4 5
Missing data 3 6 9
Total 132 148 280 1 1 2

MDR-TB: : multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

XDR-TB: : extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis