Table 2. Characteristics of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates analysed in this study, Germany, 2012–2013 (n = 131).

Characteristic		n
Molecular drug resistance prediction	MDR	111
	XDR	16
	Non-MDR	4
Phenotypic drug resistance prediction	MDR	122
	XDR	7
	NA	2
Year of isolation	2013	80
	2012	50
	2014	1
Federal state of isolation	North Rhine-Westphalia	32
	Bavaria	13
	Baden-Württemberg	15
	Saxony	10
	Lower Saxony	10
	Berlin	10
	Hamburg	8
	Hesse	8
	Schleswig-Holstein	5
	Saxony-Anhalt	5
	Other states	11
	NA	4
Patient age (years)	Median	34 (2−83)
	Mean	35.73
Patient sex	Male	79
	Female	50
	NA	2
Patient citizenship	Germany	30
	Russia	25
	India	8
	Georgia	7
	Romania	7
	Kazakhstan	6
	Ukraine	5
	Other	39
	NA	4
Patient country of birth	Russia	27
	Germany	19
	Romania	10
	Ukraine	8
	India	8
	Kazakhstan	8
	Georgia	7
	Other	41
	NA	3

MDR: multidrug-resistant; XDR: extensively drug-resistant; NA: not available.

We found demographic information, epidemiological information and drug susceptibility test results in the German tuberculosis surveillance system for 129 of 131 isolates.