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Table 2 Results of contact tracing

From: Long term follow-up of drug resistant and drug susceptible tuberculosis contacts in a Low incidence setting

 

DS-TB (%)

HMR-TB (%)

MDR-TB (%)

p-value vs DS-TB

HMR-TB

MDR-TB

Source cases

2895

96

28

  

Close contacts

7309

249

89

  

TST positive

2321 (32)

121 (49)

42 (47)

<0.001

0.002

Secondary case

168 (2)

8 (3)

5 (6)

0.347

0.039

Prior positive

448 (6)

12 (5)

8 (9)

0.395

0.265

No result

475 (6)

9 (4)

1 (1)

0.067

0.045