Research Article
Molecular Epidemiology and Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated in Baghdad
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the population studied and drug resistance profiles.
| | Parameters | Origin of patients | | Baghdad (%) | Other governorates (%) | Total |
| | Total no. of strain | 157 (58.1) | 113 (41.9) | 270 | | Sex | | | | | Male | 94 ( 59.9) | 85 (75.2) | 179 | | Female | 63 (40.1) | 28 (24.8) | 91 | | Sex ratio M : F | 1.49 | 3.04 | 1.97 | | Age group (yr) (no.) | | | | | 0–20 | 17 (10.8) | 4 (3.5) | 21 | | 21–40 | 82 (52.2) | 71 (62.8) | 153 | | 41–60 | 48 (30.6) | 25 (22.1) | 73 | | >60 | 10 (6.4) | 13 (11.5) | 23 | | Smear microscopy (no.) | | | | | Positive | 98 (62.4) | 69 (61.1) | 167 (61.8) | | Negative | 59 (37.6) | 44 (38.9) | 103 (38.2) | | Treatment | | | | | New cases | 119 (75.8) | 68 (60.2) | 187 (69.3) | | P.T.C | 38 ( 24.2) | 45 (39.8) | 83 (30.7) | | Drug susceptibility | | | | | Susceptible to all drugs | 102 (65) | 69 (61.1) | 171 (63.3) | | MDR (INH − RIF) | 31 (19.8) | 33 (29.2) | 64 (23.7) | | Unknown | 24 (15.3) | 11 (9.7) | 35 (13.0) |
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