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Table 3 Characteristics of the MTZ cluster patients linked by the place of residence and/or by common risk factors for TB

From: Unsuspected and extensive transmission of a drug-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosisstrain

ID n°

Age (years)

Sex

Date of isolation

HIV status

Origin

Area of Residence a

Characteristics in common b

371

30

Man

200307

Negative

Guinea

11

Neighbours

42

25

Man

200206

Negative

Spain

11

 

177

32

Woman

200109

Negative

Spain

18d

Neighbours

171

38

Man

200108

Negative

Spain

18d

 

60

44

Man

200209

Negative

Spain

-

Prison, alcoholism

258

36

Man

200205

Positive

Spain

-

Prison, alcoholism

167

47

Man

200107

Unknown

Spain

-

Prison

246

33

Man

200204

Negative

Spain

18b

Neighbour of 322

322

27

Man

200303

Negative

Egypt

18b

Prison, neighbour of 246, IDU

69

24

Man

200211

Negative

Unknown

18a

Neighbours, alcoholism

263

53

Man

200207

Negative

Spain

18a

Neighbours, alcoholism

374

46

Man

200308

Positive

Spain

18a

Ex-IDU

217

34

Man

200112

Positive

Unknown

-

Ex-IDU

23

36

Man

200112

Positive

Spain

-

Ex-IDU

304

34

Man

200303

Negative

South America

-

Ex-IDU

79

26

Man

200212

Positive

Venezuela

6

-

434

56

Man

200403

Unknown

Spain

6

Alcoholism. Worked next to area 5

271

39

Man

200208

Negative

Spain

-

Alcoholism

178

47

Man

200109

Negative

Spain

3

Alcoholism

428

26

Woman

200402

Positive

Spain

4

Lived in the same area than 442 (table 2)

318

44

Man

200303

Negative

Gambia

-

15 years in Spain

312

25

Man

200302

Negative

Gambia

10

10 years in Spain. Worked in area 8.

59

39

Woman

200209

Negative

Spain

8

 

76

43

Man

200212

Unknown

Ukraine

8

 

125

60

Woman

200402

Negative

Spain

8

 

302

41

Man

200301

Negative

Spain

15

 

427

46

Man

200402

Negative

Spain

15

 

94

50

Man

200307

Negative

Spain

9

 

194

57

Man

200109

Negative

Spain

9

 

209

31

Man

200112

Negative

Spain

12

 

283

26

Man

200209

Negative

Spain

12

 

174

36

Woman

200108

Negative

Spain

13

 

205

26

Woman

200111

Negative

Spain

13

 

342

21

Man

200305

Negative

Spain

14

 

276

35

Man

200209

Negative

Spain

14

 

237

49

Man

200204

Positive

Spain

5

 

297

28

Man

200210

Negative

Unknown

5

 

247

36

Woman

200205

Positive

Spain

18a

 

199

63

Man

200111

Unknown

Spain

18a

 

385

44

Man

200309

Positive

Spain

18b

 

18

68

Man

200111

Unknown

Spain

18b

 

431

29

Woman

200402

Positive

Spain

18c

 

214

53

Man

200201

Negative

Spain

18c

 

370

52

Man

200308

Negative

Spain

18c

 

26

31

Woman

200201

Negative

Spain

18c

 

260

33

Man

200206

Negative

Spain

18d

 

158

20

Woman

200106

Unknown

Spain

18d

 
  1. a The areas of residence are shown in figure 2. The dash (-) means that the patients did not live in any of the 18 areas of residence (see figure 2). b Patients were classified as "neighbours" when they lived in the same street.
  2. ID n°: patient identification number. IDU: injection drug user.