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Volume 7, Number 5—October 2001
Research

Molecular Identification of Streptomycin Monoresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Related to Multidrug-Resistant W Strain

Pablo Bifani*†, Barun Mathema*, Martha Campo*, Soraya Moghazeh*, Beth Nivin‡, Elena Shashkina*, Jeffrey Driscoll§, Sonal S. Munsiff‡, Richard Frothingham¶, and Barry N. Kreiswirth*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Public Health Research Institute Tuberculosis Center, New York, NY, USA; †New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; ‡New York City Department of Health, New York, New York, USA; §New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA; ¶Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

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Table

Demographic characteristics of patients in W14 groupa

Gender Characteristics N=22 (%)
Male 13 (59)
Female 9 (49)
Race
Non-Hispanic black 17 (77)
Hispanic white 4 (18)
Asian 1 (5)
Age at diagnosis
Median age (range) 38 (1-83)
25-50 years 16 (73)
HIV serology
Seropositive 14 (64)
Seronegative 5 (23)
Unknown 3 (13)
Country of birth
US born 22 (100)
Foreign born 0 (0)
Risk factors
IVDUb 7 (32)
Alcoholic 9 (41)
Incarceration 2 (9)
Homelessness 2 (9)
Year of case report
1992 2 (9)
1993 7 (32)
1994 4 (18)
1995 1 (4)
1996 3 (14)
1997 3 (14)
1998 0 (0)
1999 2 (9)

aAll data are presented as number (percentage) except median age.
bIVDU = intravenous drug use.

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