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Table 3 Demographic characteristics and treatment antecedent of patients with- and without rifampicin resistance

From: Tuberculosis drug resistance in Bamako, Mali, from 2006 to 2014

Characteristics

Patients with rifampicin resistance

(N = 79)

n (%)

Patients without rifampicin resistance

(N = 258)

n (%)

P value

Age (year) 0–14

0 (0)

2 (0.7)

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 15–24

14 (17.7)

62 (24)

0.24

 25–34

26 (32.9)

92 (35.6)

0.65

 35–44

19 (24)

41 (15.9)

0.09

 45–54

9 (11.4)

33 (12.8)

0.74

  ≥ 55

7 (8.9)

22 (8.5)

0.92

Female

16 (20.2)

63 (24.4)

0.44

HIV+

6 (7.6)

36 (13.9)

0.13

Previously Treated

69 (87.3)

32 (12.4)

<0.01

AFB Negative

8 (10.1)

6 (2.3)

<0.01

1+ or 2+

15 (18.9)

21 (8.1)

<0.01

3+

55 (69.6)

222 (86)

<0.01

  1. AFB acid fast bacilli, 1+ smear AFB positive at 1+, 2+ smear AFB positive at 2+, 3+ smear AFB positive at 3+