Table 1. Sociodemographic analysis of study participants.
| Parameter |
M. tuberculosis N = 21 n (%) |
M. africanum N = 20 n (%) |
Controls N = 10 n (%) |
p-value$ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender—Male | 19 (90.48) | 14 (70) | 6 (60) |
0.312 |
|
| Age | [18–30] | 11 (52.38) | 9 (45) | 8 (80) | 0.435 |
| [30–45] | 10 (47.62) | 8 (40) | 1 (10) | -* | |
| [45–60] | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | 1 (10) | - | |
| [60–75] | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |
- | |
|
Smoking (current and past) |
Yes | 10 (47.62) | 4 (20) | n/a | 0.797 |
| Inner-city or sub-urban | Yes | 18 (85.71) | 17 (85) | 9 (90) | 0.710 |
| House hold contacts | Yes | 3 (14.29) | 7 (35) | n/a | - |
| Sputum smear at M0# | Many AFB | 20 (95.24) | 16 (80) | 0.440 | |
| Sputum smear at M2# | Moderate AFB | 8 (38.10) | 7 (35) | 0.854 | |
|
Sputum culture at M0# |
Positive | 21 (100) | 20 (100) | n/a | - |
| Sputum culture at M2# | Positive | 3 (14.29) | 1 (5) | - | |
|
Chest X-rays |
Bilateral infiltrate | 3 (14.28) | 7 (35) | n/a | - |
| Cavitary lesions | 4 (14.28) | 1 (5) | n/a | - | |
| Miliary pattern | 1 (4.76) | 0 (0) | n/a | - | |
| Unilateral infiltrate | 6 (28.5) | 5 (25) | n/a | 0.852 |
$p-value was calculated using Chi-square test
*p-value not calculated when n was less than 5
#M0- At the time of diagnosis before start of ATT; M2- Two months after start of ATT