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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of clinical cases

From: Rv3737 is required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth in vitro and in vivo and correlates with bacterial load and disease severity in human tuberculosis

Characteristics

No. (%) of subjects

Total

12 (100.00)

Sex

 

 Male

9 (75.00)

 Female

3 (25.00)

Age, years

 

 > 6

4 (33.33)

 > 34

6 (50.00)

 > 64

2 (16.67)

BMI, kg/m2

 

 < 18.5

9 (75.00)

18.5–23.9

3 (25.00)

 > 23.9

0 (0.00)

HIV

0 (0.00)

Symptom

 

 Fever

1 (8.33)

 Night sweat

2 (16.67)

 Fatigue

3 (25.00)

 Cough

10 (83.33)

 Haemoptysis

0 (0.00)

 Chest pain

4 (33.33)

 Severe dyspnoea

2 (16.67)

Treatment history

 

 New case

5 (41.67)

 Previously treated case

7 (58.33)

Complications

 

 COPD

2 (16.67)

 HBV

1 (8.33)

 Heart disease

1 (8.33)

Xpert MTB/RIF

 

 MTB + / RIF −

7 (58.33)

 MTB + / RIF +

5 (41.67)

Number of cavities (chest CT)

 

 0

2 (16.67)

 1

1 (8.33)

 2

2 (16.67)

 3

3 (25.00)

 ≤ 4

4 (33.33)

Genotypic

 

 Beijing

6 (50.00)

 Non-Beijing

6 (50.00)