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Table 3 Epidemiological characteristics of the 32 subjects with clustered infectiona

From: Using genotyping to delineate tuberculosis transmission in long-term care facilities: single facility 4-year experience

Cluster

Person

CXR

Sputum

No

Time

Place of contact

  

Cavity (+)

Smear (+)

 

(days)

Ward

Section

Overall

2nd subjects

-

-

27

673 (812)

14 (43.8%)

22 (68.7%)

1

Indexsubject

Yes

Yes

    

2nd subjects

  

22

499 (786)

10 (45.5%)

17 (77.3%)

2

Indexsubject

No

Yes

    

2nd subject

  

1

848

1 (100%)

1 (100%)

3

Indexsubject

Yes

Yes

    

2nd subjects

  

2

1511 (329)

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

4

Indexsubject

No

Yes

    

2nd subject

  

1

217

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

5

Indexsubject

No

Yes

    

2nd subject

  

1

107

1 (100%)

1 (100%)

  1. aData represent N (%) and median (interquartile range)