Research Article
Genotypic Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates in the Multiethnic Area of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China
Table 1
Patient demographics.
| | Characteristics | Number (%) of strains | | 2006 | 2011 | Total |
| | Total | 171 (54.98) | 140 (45.02) | 311 (100) | | Sex | | | | | Male | 100 (32.15) | 74 (23.80) | 174 (55.95) | | Female | 71 (22.83) | 65 (20.90) | 136 (43.73) | | Unknown | 0 | 1 (0.32) | 1 (0.32) | | Age group | | | | | ≤20 | 9 (2.89) | 14 (4.50) | 23 (7.39) | | ~20 | 79 (25.41) | 55 (17.68) | 134 (43.09) | | ~40 | 41 (13.18) | 40 (12.87) | 81 (26.05) | | ≥60 | 37 (11.90) | 30 (9.64) | 67 (21.54) | | Unknown | 5 (1.61) | 1 (0.32) | 6 (1.93) | | Type of case | | | | | Relapse | 42 (13.50) | 25 (8.04) | 67 (21.54) | | New case | 114 (36.66) | 19 (6.11) | 133 (42.77) | | Unknown | 15 (4.82) | 96 (30.87) | 111 (35.69) | | Treatment history | | | | | Yes | 62 (19.94) | 31 (9.96) | 93 (29.90) | | No | 81 (26.05) | 10 (3.21) | 91 (29.26) | | Unknown | 28 (9.00) | 99 (31.84) | 127 (40.84) |
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