Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Research
Clusters of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detected by Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis of Nationwide Sample, Thailand, 2014–2017
Ditthawat Nonghanphithak, Angkana Chaiprasert, Saijai Smithtikarn, Phalin Kamolwat, Petchawan Pungrassami, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Surakameth Mahasirimongkol, Wipa Reechaipichitkul, Chaniya Leepiyasakulchai, Jody E. Phelan, David Blair, Taane G. Clark, and Kiatichai Faksri
Table 2
Demographic and other factors associated with clustering (≤11 SNP difference) of TB isolates, Thailand, 2014–2017*
| Characteristic | All isolates, n = 579 | Clustering isolates |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isolates falling within clusters, n = 281 | Nonclustering isolates, n = 298 | |||
| Sex, n = 573 | ||||
| M | 419 (73.12) | 198 (70.71) | 221 (75.43) | 0.79 (0.54–1.14) |
| F |
154 (26.88) |
82 (29.29) |
72 (24.57) |
1.27 (0.88–1.84) |
| Age, y, n = 508 | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 43.51 ± 14.68 | 42.02 ± 15.23 | 44.94 ± 14.03 | NA |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. Bold type indicates statistical significance. NA, not applicable.
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