Table 2.
Patient | Sex | Age at diagnosis | Country of birth | Diagnosis | Disease mani-festation | AFB microscopy |
TB culture from respiratory sample | IGRA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient 1 | F | 20 y | Sudan | 05/2018 | Pulmonary | +++ | + | + |
Patient 2 | M | 6 mo | Germany | 05/2018 | Pulmonary | +++ | + | + |
Patient 3 | M | 28 y | Sudan | 08/2018 | Pulmonary | (+) | + | + |
Patient 4 | F | 3 y + 10 mo | Sudan | 07/2018 | Pulmonary | – | – | + |
Patient 5 | F | 19 y | Sudan | 06/2018 | Pulmonary | (+) | + | + |
Patient 6 | M | 6 mo | Germany | 06/2018 | Pulmonary | ++ | + | + |
Patient 7 (index) | M | 50 y | Georgia | 06/2017 | Pulmonary | +++ | + | + |
Legend: AFB Acid Fast Bacili, F female, M male, y years, mo months, AFB acid fast bacilli, TB Tuberculosis, IGRA Interferon-Gamma-Release Assay, AFB microscopy: +: 10–99 AFB/100 fields; ++: 1–9 AFB/field; +++: > 9/field