Volume 14, Number 11—November 2008
Research
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Outbreak among US-bound Hmong Refugees, Thailand, 2005
Table 1
Demographic and disease characteristics among Hmong refugees with tuberculosis, Thailand, February 2005*
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Total |
272 (100) |
| Sex | |
| F | 112 (41.2) |
| M |
160 (58.8) |
| Age, y | |
| <15 | 21 (7.7) |
| 15–64 | 153 (56.3) |
| >65 |
98 (36.0) |
| Culture results | |
| Positive | 57 (21.0) |
| Negative | 185 (68.0) |
| Unknown |
30 (11.0) |
| DST results | |
| MDR TB | 24 (8.8) |
| Other patterns | 9 (3.3) |
| Pansusceptible |
24 (8.8) |
| Smear results | |
| Ever positive | 34 (12.5) |
| Always negative | 213 (78.3) |
| Unknown | 25 (9.2) |
*DST, Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-susceptibility test results; MDR TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.


