Rapid clonal analysis of recurrent tuberculosis by direct MIRU-VNTR typing on stored isolates

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Characteristics of the patients. IVDU: intravenous drug user

PATIENT	SEX	AGE	RISK FACTORS	EPISODES*	EVIDENCE OF NON-ADHERENCE TO THERAPY	CLONAL HETEROGENEITY
A	Female	44		9 (4)	+	+
B	Male	50	IVDU	2	+
C	Male	46		4 (2)
D	Male	45	HIV+, IVDU, Prison	2	+
E	Male	28		3	+
F	Male	57	Alcoholism	4 (3)
G	Male	52	Alcoholism	2	+
H	Male	32	HIV+, IVDU	4	+
I	Female	31	HIV+, IVDU	2		+
J	Male	46	HIV+, IVDU	2		+
K	Male	46	HIV+, Alcoholism	2		+
L	Male	53	IVDU, Alcoholism, Prison	3 (2)		+
M	Male	53		2

*: The number of episodes with MTB isolates that could be analyzed by MIRU-VNTR are indicated in brackets.

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