TABLE 2.
Characteristic | No. (%) of patients
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HIV-positive patients | HIV-negative patients
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Lunga | Lymph node | ||
Sex | |||
Male | 84 (93) | 31 (63) | 16 (38) |
Female | 6 (7) | 18 (37) | 26 (62) |
Nationality | |||
Danes | 79 (88) | 47 (96) | 40 (95) |
Immigrantsb | 11 (12) | 2 (4) | 2 (5) |
HIV risk group | |||
Homo- or bisexual | 63 (70) | NAc | NA |
Heterosexual | 15 (16) | NA | NA |
Intravenous drug abuser | 6 (7) | NA | NA |
Blood transfusion | 1 (1) | NA | NA |
Unknown | 5 (6) | NA | NA |
All isolates were pulmonary isolates except for one isolate from a bone marrow specimen and one isolate from a urine sample.
The immigrants were from Scandinavia (n = 3), Europe (n = 7), Africa (n = 2), the United States (n = 1), Australia (n = 1), and Greenland (n = 1).
NA, not applicable.