TABLE 1.
IS6110 low-copy-number M. tuberculosis complex isolates classified by species and by nationality of patients
| Nationality | No. (%)
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|---|---|---|---|
| M. tuberculosis | M. bovis | M. bovis BCG | |
| Danish | 27 (12) | 41 (84) | 10 (73) |
| Foreigna | 222 (88) | 7 (15) | 4 (27) |
| Total | 249 | 48 | 14b |
a
Patients of foreign nationality were defined as persons born outside Denmark and their children up to the age of 25 years.
b
Ten complications that occurred following vaccinations are included. In three other cases BCG was cultured from urine following treatment of bladder cancer with BCG, and in one case disseminated BCG infection occurred following vaccination of a human immunodeficiency virus-infected child.