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Table 1 Distribution of demographic and microbial characteristics among 294 pulmonary and 103 extrapulmonary TB cases diagnosed in Malatya, Turkey between January 1st, 2001 and December 31st, 2007.

From: Demographic and microbial characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases diagnosed in Malatya, Turkey, 2001-2007

 

Number of cases (%)

ρ Value

 

Pulmonary (n = 294)

Extrapulmonary (n = 103)

 

Age (years)

  

< 0.01

   0-15

36 (12.24)

15 (14.56)

 

   16-30

87 (29.59)

25 (24.27)

 

   31-45

68 (23.13)

19 (18.45)

 

   46-60

33 (11.22)

27 (26.21)

 

   ≥ 61

18 (6.12)

11 (10.68)

 

   Unknown

52 (17.69)

6 (5.83)

 

Gender

0.11

   Male

183 (62.24)

55 (53.40)

 

   Female

111 (37.76)

48 (46.60)

 

Drug Resistance

0.37

   Any Drug Resistance

88 (29.93)

26 (25.25)

 

   Susceptible

206 (70.07)

77 (74.76)

 

IS 6110 Copies

  

0.66

   ≤ 5 copies

75 (25.51)

24 (23.30)

 

   > 5 copies

219 (74.49)

79 (76.70)

 

Spoligotype Superfamily

0.20

   T

131 (44.56)

53 (51.46)

 

   Lam

63 (21.43)

14 (13.59)

 

   H

43 (14.63)

13 (12.62)

 

   Undefined

35 (11.90)

18 (17.48)

 

   Other

22 (7.48)

5 (4.55)

 

Cluster

< 0.01

   Clustered

112 (38.10)

20 (19.42)

 

   Unique

182 (61.90)

83 (80.58)