Volume 17, Number 3—March 2011
Research
Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis Disease in Humans, the Netherlands, 1993–2007
Christof J. Majoor
, Cecile Magis-Escurra, Jakko van Ingen, Martin J. Boeree, and Dick van Soolingen
, Cecile Magis-Escurra, Jakko van Ingen, Martin J. Boeree, and Dick van Soolingen
Table 1
Clinical and demographic data for Mycobacterium bovis TB case-patients, by sex, as recorded in the Netherlands Tuberculosis Registry, the Netherlands, 1993–2007*
| Characteristic | Dutch, no. (%), n = 138 | Foreign-born, no. (%),† n = 93 | Total, no. (%), N = 231 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All case-patients | ||||
| M | 56 (40.6) | 49 (52.7) | 105 (45.5) | |
| F |
82 (59.4) |
44 (47.3) |
126 (54.5) |
|
| Age, y | ||||
| 0–60 | 115 (49.7) | |||
| M | 13 | 45 | ||
| F | 22 | 35 | ||
| >60 | 116 (50.3) | |||
| M | 43 | 4 | ||
| F |
60 |
9 |
||
| Localization | ||||
| Pulmonary | 80 (34.6) | |||
| M | 26 | 25 | ||
| F | 22‡ | 7§ | ||
| Respiratory tract | 19 (8.2) | |||
| M | 5 | 5 | ||
| F | 8 | 1 | ||
| Meningeal and CNS | 6 (2.5) | |||
| M | 2 | 0 | ||
| F | F | 0 | ||
| Intestinal tract | 13 (5.6) | |||
| M | 0 | 3 | ||
| F | 5 | 5 | ||
| Bone and joint | 12 (5.2) | |||
| M | 4 | 2 | ||
| F | 5 | 1 | ||
| Urogenital tract | 13 (5.6) | |||
| M | 4 | 3 | ||
| F | 4 | 2 | ||
| Other organs (e.g., lymph nodes) | 59 (25.5) | |||
| M | 5 | 9 | ||
| F | 24¶ | 21# | ||
| Miliary TB | 11 (4.8) | |||
| M | 6 | 0 | ||
| F | 3 | 2 | ||
| Unknown | 18 (7.8) | |||
| M | 4 | 2 | ||
| F | 7 | 5 | ||
*TB, tuberculosis; CNS, central nervous system.
†Foreign-born patients originated from other European countries (n = 6), Africa (n = 69), Asia (n = 9), South America (n = 3), and unknown areas (n = 6).
‡p = 0.018.
§p<0.001.
¶p = 0.004.
#p = 0.002.
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