TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the clusters identified by combination of IS6110 profile and spoligotype

Clustera	IS6110 copy no.	Genetic groupb	IS6110 profilea	Spoligotypec	No. of patients	No. of linksd	Patient characteristic(s)e
999.001	1	1	901	S10	13	0	Vietnamese
999.002	1	1	901	S20	2	0
999.003	1	1	901	S22	3	0	Vietnamese
999.004	1	1	901	S55	5	0
999.005	1	1	901	S101	2	0
999.006	1	1	901	S162	3	0	Vietnamese
999.007	2	2	902	S3	12	0	Hispanic
999.008	2	2	902	S12	82	6	Black, jail, homeless, drug use, 7 cross-contaminants
999.009	2	2	902	S52	7	0	Black, homosexual, HIV positive
999.010	2	2	902	S60	2	0
999.011	2	2	902	S63	2	0	Hispanic
999.012	2	1	903	S11	6	4	White
999.013	2	2	904	S19	2	0	Vietnamese
999.014	3	2	909	S3	3	0
999.015	3	2	907	S3	2	0
999.016	3	2	908	S12	30	0	Black, jail
999.017	3	2	909	S15	7	2	Black, homosexual, HIV positive
999.018	3	2	909	S21	4	0	White
999.019	3	2	909	S53	3	0	Black, homeless, jail, prison
999.020	3	2	910	S18	3	0
999.021	3	2	911	S54	7	0	Black
999.022	3	2	912	S242	3	0	Hispanic, jail, prison, homeless
999.023	4	2	913	S3	8	0
999.024	4	2	006	S3	14	0	Hispanic
999.025	4	2	006	S25	26	14	Black
999.026	4	2	006	S26	4	0
999.027	4	2	006	S27	8	2	Hispanic
999.028	4	2	006	S29	8	0
999.029	1	1	914	BCG	4	0
999.030	3	2	910	S12	2	0
999.031	3	2	912	S12	23	5	Six cross-contaminants
Total					300	33

^aArbitrary designation. 

^bDefined by Sreevatsan et al. (18). 

^cDefined by Soini et al. (17). 

^dNumber of patients with a direct epidemiologic link to another patient in the same cluster. 

^eThe ethnic groups refer to the ethnicity of the majority (>50%) of the patients in this cluster.