Research Article
Rapid Detection of Rifampicin and Isoniazid Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using Genotype MTBDRplus Assay in Nepal
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the TB cases.
| | Characteristics | Value |
| | Female sex—number (%) | 28 (45.1) | | Male sex—number (%) | 34 (54.9) | | Age—yr | | | Mean age | 32 | | Range | 17–72 | | Geographic region—number (%) | 62 (100) | | Eastern | 7 (11.2) | | Central | 9 (14.5) | | Western | 26 (41.9) | | Mid-Western | 11 (17.7) | | Far-Western | 9 (14.5) | | Acid fast positive samples—number (%) | 62 (100) | | Pulmonary TB cases—number (%) | 62 (100) |
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