Table 1. Characteristics of study population: All culture-positive TB cases with DST results for HRZES by drug resistance patterns in Germany, 2008–2017.

Characteristics	Total number of cases		Pan-susceptible		Monoresistant		MDR TB		Others
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total	26, 228		22,904		2, 080		556		688
Sex
(n = 26,183)
Female	9,627	36.8%	8,347	36.5%	810	39.1%	202	36.3%	268	39.2%
Male	16,556	63.2%	14,523	63.5%	1,263	60.9%	354	63.7%	416	60.8%
Unknown	45		34		7		0		4
Age groups [years]
(n = 26,226)
0–14	588	2.2%	484	2.1%	65	3.1%	14	2.5%	25	3.6%
15–39	10,534	40.2%	8,948	39.1%	935	45.0%	341	61.3%	310	45.1%
40–59	7,173	27.4%	6,229	27.2%	549	26.4%	155	27.9%	240	34.9%
60+	7,931	30.2%	7,242	31.6%	530	25.5%	46	8.3%	113	16.4%
Unknown	2		1		1		0		0
Country of birth
(n = 25,569)
Foreign	14,600	57.1%	12,263	54.9%	1,333	65.7%	478	87.2%	526	78.3%
Germany	10,969	42.9%	10,056	45.1%	697	34.3%	70	12.8%	146	21.7%
Unknown	659		585		50		8		16
Previous TB
(n = 22,555)
No	19,735	87.5%	17,432	88.3%	1,529	86.4%	281	60.2%	493	84.7%
Yes	2,820	12.5%	2,304	11.7%	241	13.6%	186	39.8%	89	15.3%
Unknown	3,673		3,168		310		89		106
Site of disease
(n = 26,195)
Pulmonary	21,254	81.1%	18,608	81.3%	1,591	76.7%	493	88.8%	562	81.7%
Extra-pulmonary	4,941	18.9%	4,270	18.7%	483	23.3%	62	11.2%	126	18.3%
Unknown	33		26		6		1		0