Table 1. Data MDR-TB patients in culture-based and LPA-based algorithm.

	Total	Culture-based algorithm	LPA-based algorithm
N	295	163	132
smear+ n (%)	168 (56.9%)	96 (58.9%)	72 (54.5%)
smear—n (%)	127 (43.1%)	67 (41.1%)	60 (45.5%)
Male (%)	78.3	80.9	75.0
HIV-infected	2	2	0
Average age, years (Median, SD)	41.9±12.2 IQR 32–51	42.1±11.5 IQR 33–50.5	41.6±12.9 IQR 31–51