Table 2.
Characteristics of 17 subjects exposed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
| Patient No. | Age (years) | Nationality | Duration of LTBI treatment (days) | TST induration size (mm) | Ag IFN-γ (IU/mL) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 3 months | 6 months | |||||
| 1 | 34 | Nigerian | 180 | 11.0 | 36.20 | 5.89 | 6.95 |
| 2 | 36 | Italian | 179 | 15.0 | 8.01 | 1.87 | 0.97 |
| 3 | 23 | Tunisian | 180 | 12.0 | 9.94 | 0.68 | 1.61 |
| 4 | 24 | Romanian | 178 | 25.0 | 3.96 | 4.06 | 1.48 |
| 5 | 32 | Romanian | 107 | 20.0 | 71.40 | 26.40 | 17.40 |
| 6 | 21 | Tunisian | 27 | 16.0 | 37.40 | ND | 14.30 |
| 7 | 27 | Moroccan | 79 | 30.0 | 87.00 | 30.50 | 29.80 |
| 8 | 43 | Tunisian | 70 | 25.0 | 89.40 | 16.40 | 27.90 |
| 9 | 36 | Tunisian | 94 | 20.0 | 25.00 | 4.05 | 1.71 |
| 10 | 36 | Chinese | 180 | 32.0 | 1.98 | 1.82 | 0.76 |
| 11 | 25 | Moroccan | 70 | 25.0 | 7.84 | 10.00 | 3.98 |
| 12 | 51 | Italian | 31 | 15.0 | 7.81 | 4.15 | 1.98 |
| 13 | 32 | Nigerian | 0 | 11.0 | 55.70 | 28.00 | 11.40 |
| 14 | 31 | Moroccan | 0 | 20.0 | 32.10 | 22.00 | 16.65 |
| 15 | 37 | Moroccan | 0 | 20.0 | 18.00 | 9.00 | 3.29 |
| 16 | 40 | Italian | 0 | 15.00 | 2.84 | 5.5 | 7.79 |
| 17 | 48 | Italian | 0 | 16.00 | 8.85 | 28.9 | 43.90 |
Ag IFN-γ, antigen-specific interferon gamma; LTBI, latent tuberculosis infection; ND, not done; TST, tuberculin skin test.