TABLE 3.

Characteristics of Pediatric Patients With TB in the United States, 2009–2010, by Origin of Birth and Parent Origin of Birth

Total	FB Patient, Any FB Parent, N = 169, %	FB Patient, Only USB Parent, N = 29, %	USB Patient, Any FB Parent, N = 400, %	USB Patient, Only USB Parent, N = 207, %
Boy	55	76	51	52
Age, y
<1	2	3	17	18
1–4	25	62	55	52
5–12	54	34	24	25
13–15	18	0	5	5
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	18	3	68	28
White	6	7	4	15
Black	35	72	10	43
Asian or Pacific Islander	40	17	17	9
Other/unknown	1	0	1	5
Site of disease
Pulmonary	69	72	67	70
Extrapulmonary	25	21	23	23
Both	5	7	10	7
TB case verification
Laboratory confirmeda	23	21	31	27
Clinical case	68	69	54	55
Provider diagnosis	9	10	16	18
HIV status
HIV positive	0	0	0	0
HIV negative	61	86	44	46
Not reported	39	14	56	54
Drug resistanceb
None	79	100	85	98
Isoniazid	18	0	5	2
Isoniazid and rifampinc	8	0	1	0

FB, foreign-born; USB, US-born; columns may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

^aPositive culture, nucleic acid amplification test, or positive smear in the absence of culture.

^bAmong patients with positive culture for M tuberculosis and initial drug susceptibility results.

^cMDR TB is defined as M tuberculosis isolate with resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampin.