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. 2020 Jul 31;20:556. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05256-4

Table 3.

Association between demographic and clinical factors with drug resistance

Any resistance Rifampin, MDR-TB
Variable Level Pan-susceptible, n = 59 (%) Resistant, n = 11 (%) P-value Pan-susceptible, n = 59 (%) Resistant, n = 8 (%) P-value
Demographic
Sex Female 24 (41%) 4 (36%) 0.789 24 (41%) 2 (25%) 0.393
Male 35 (59%) 7 (64%) 35 (59%) 6 (75%)
Age groups

Adults

(> 17 y)

55 (93%) 10 (91%) 0.785 55 (93%) 7 (88%) 0.563

Children

= < 16 y

4 (7%) 1 (9%) 4 (7%) 1 (12%)
TB/DOTS Facilities Folang 1 (2%) 0 0.958 1 (2%) 0 0.856
Kalafong 21 (36%) 5 (45%) 21 (36%) 4 (50%)
Mamelodi 9 (15%) 1 (9%) 9 (15%) 0
Potchefstroom 4 (7%) 0 4 (7%) 0
Pretoria West 3 (5%) 1 (9%) 3 (5%) 1 (12%)
Skinner 2 (3%) 0 2 (3%) 0
Steve Biko 11 (19%) 3 (27%) 11 (19%) 2 (50)
Tshwane District Hosp. 8 (14%) 1 (9%) 8 (14%) 1 (13%)
Clinical
Genotypes Beijing 22 (37%) 3 (27%) 0.737 22 (37%) 1 (12%) 0.350
Cas_KILI 4 (7%) 0 4 (7%) 0
EAI1_SOM 1 (2%) 1 (9%) 1 (2%) 1 (12%)
LAM11_ZWE 2 (3%) 0 2 (3%) 0
LAM3 4 (7%) 0 4 (7%) 0
LAM4 2 (3%) 1 (9%) 2 (3%) 1 (12%)
LAM9 2 (3%) 1 (9%) 2 (3%) 1 (12%)
S 3 (5%) 0 3 (5%) 0
T1 3 (5%) 0 3 (5%) 0
X1 4 (7%) 1 (9%) 4 (7%) 0
X3 2 (3%) 1 (9%) 2 (3%) 1 (12%)
Unclustered Orphan/X2 10 (17% 3 (27%) 0.419 10 (17%) 3 (38%) 0.168
Disease Site Disseminated 4 (7%) 0 0.134 4 (7%) 0 0.036
Lymph nodes 16 (27%) 4 (36%) 16 (27%) 4 (38%)
Meninges 4 (7%) 1 (9%) 4 (7%) 0
EPTB/PTB 3 (5%) 0 3 (5%) 0
Pericardium 1 (2%) 0 1 (2%) 0
Peritoneum 5 (8%) 0 5 (8%) 0
Pleura 19 (32%) 1 (9%) 19 (32%) 0
Genitourinary 2 (3%) 0 2 (3%) 0
Cutaneous TB 5 (8%) 5 (45%) 5 (8%) 5 (63%)

MDR-TB Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; EPTB Extra-pulmonary TB; PTB Pulmonary TB