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Table 1 Comparison of clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of the patients with isolates resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin by the GenoType® MTBDRplus assay

From: Use of the GenoType® MTBDRplus assay to assess drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in rural Uganda

  

Drug susptibility pattern

Characteristic

Number of

patients

INHa

RIFb

MDRc

Age

    

< 39 years

96

2

3

2

40-60 years

27

0

1

0

> 60 years

2

0

0

0

Gender

    

Male

75

0

2

0

Female

50

2

2

2

TB history

    

New

116

1

3

2

Retreatment

9

1

1

0

HIV status

    

Positive

55

1

1

2

Negative

26

0

1

0

Unknown

44

1

2

0

Smear result

    

1-10/10-100HPF

30

0

1

1

> 1AFB/HPF

95

2

3

1

  1. aMonoresistance to isoniazid; bMonoresistance to rifampicin; cResistance to both isoniazid and rifampicin.
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BMC Clinical Pathology

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