Volume 11, Number 6—June 2005
Dispatch
Tuberculosis due to Resistant Haarlem Strain, Tunisia
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of 21 patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), Bizerte, Tunisia, 2001–2004*
Patient | Age (y) | Sex | Case history | Isolate used for molecular typing | Initial diagnosis of MDR-TB | Epidemiologic characteristic | Chest radiography |
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P1 | 24 | M | PT | Follow-up, Oct 2001 | Sep 2001 | Brother of patient 14 | Right apical cavity nodular lesion |
P2 | 26 | M | NC | Initial | Oct 2001 | Same penitentiary as patients 7 and 9 | Left mid-lung nodular opacity with excavation |
P3 | 25 | M | NC | Initial | Oct 2001 | None apparent | Bi-apical nodular opacity |
P4 | 62 | M | NC | Initial | Nov 2001 | None apparent | Right apical nodular opacity |
P5 | 26 | M | PT | Follow-up, Feb 2002 | Sep 2000 | Brother of patient 18 | Diffuse nodular lesions and multiple cavities |
P6 | 23 | M | PT | Follow-up, Feb 2002 | Feb 2001 | None apparent | Right apical and median bilateral nodular opacity |
P7 | 24 | M | PT | Follow-up, Mar 2002 | Sep 2000 | Same penitentiary as patients 2 and 9 | Right lobe apical nodular opacity |
P8 | 27 | M | NC | Initial | Jun 2002 | None apparent | Right apical nodular opacity |
P9 | 34 | M | PT | Follow-up, Jun 2002 | Aug 2001 | Same penitentiary as patients 2 and 7 | Right apical nodular opacity and left diffuse nodular opacity |
P10 | 21 | M | NC | Initial | Jun 2002 | None apparent | Right lobe apical nodular opacity and cavity |
P11 | 42 | M | NC | Initial | Jul 2002 | None apparent | Basal nodular opacity of the right and left lung |
P12 | 23 | M | NC | Initial | Jul 2002 | None apparent | Left apical cavity and nodular opacity |
P13 | 29 | M | PT | Follow-up, Aug 2002 | Sep 2001 | None apparent | Bilateral apical and diffuse opacity |
P14 | 34 | M | NC | Initial | Nov.2002 | Brother of patient 1 | Left apical cavity and nodular lesion |
P15 | 51 | M | PT | Follow-up, Nov 2002 | ND | None apparent | Bilateral cavity |
P16 | 17 | M | NC | Initial | Mar 2002 | None apparent | Bilateral nodular infiltration and cavity in the left lung |
P17 | 17 | M | NC | Initial | May 2003 | Nephew of patient 14 | Wright apical cavity and left lung nodular opacity |
P18 | 21 | M | NC | Initial | Jun 2003 | Brother of patient 5 | Right apical cavity and nodular opacity |
P19 | 42 | M | NC | Initial | Jun 2003 | No interview (lost case) | Diffuse nodular opacity and multiple cavities |
P20 | 53 | M | NC | Follow-up, Oct 2003 | Oct 2002 | None apparent | Right apical cavities and left lobe infiltrate |
P21 | ND | M | NC | Initial | Apr 2004 | Cousin of patient 14 | ND |
*PT, previously treated; NC, new case; ND, not determined.