Active contact tracing beyond the household in multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Vietnam: a cohort study

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Table 1 Characteristics of patients at baseline

	n	%
Total patients	99	100
Characteristic
Age group
0–14 years	0	0
15–24 years	14	14
25–34 years	15	15
35–44 years	28	28
45–54 years	23	23
55–64 years	14	14
65 year and above	5	5
Median age	43
Mean age (sd)	42.3 (13.9)
Gender
Male	77	78
Female	22	22
HIV (+)	4	4
Sputum smear
Negative	23	23
Positive	76	77
Grade among smear positive^a
Scanty	20	26
1+	33	43
2+	13	17
3+	10	13
Chest X-ray
Cavity	32	32
Patient category^b
New	14	14
Non-converters of first line drug for new cases	11	11
Non-converters of first line drug for retreatment cases	1	1
Previously treated cases	69	70
Others	4	4

^aBased on the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD)-recommended grading of sputum smear microscopy results (n = 76)
^bRefer to Additional file 2 for definition of patient category

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