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Table 1 Clinical background, resistance patterns and demographic information of patients yielding EMB-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates in Kuwait

From: Minor contribution of mutations at iniA codon 501 and embC-embA intergenic region in ethambutol-resistant clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Kuwait

Isolate no.

Year of isolation

Clinical specimena

Resistance patternb

Patient demographics

    

Nationality

Regionc

Age (years)

Sex

KE1

2000

Sputum

E, H, R

Indian

SA

43

Male

KE2

2000

Sputum

E, H, R

Indian

SA

45

Male

KE3

2000

Sputum

E, H

Egyptian

ME

47

Female

KE4

2000

Sputum

E, H, S

Indian

SA

27

Male

KE5

2000

Sputum

E, H

Indian

SA

42

Male

KE6

2000

Pus

E, H

Sri Lankan

SA

27

Male

KE7

2000

Abscess

E, H

Pakistani

ME

55

Male

KE8

2000

Sputum

E, H, S

Kuwaiti

ME

45

Male

KE9

2000

Pus

E, H, S

Indian

SA

45

Female

KE10

2000

Sputum

E, H

Bangladeshi

SA

40

Female

KE11

2001

Sputum

E, H

Filipino

SEA

35

Female

KE12

2001

Sputum

E, H

Indian

SA

22

Male

KE13

2001

Sputum

E, H, R

Indian

SA

47

Male

KE14

2001

Sputum

E, H, R, S

Indian

SA

27

Female

KE15

2001

Sputum

E, H, R, S

Indian

SA

32

Male

KE16

2001

FNA

E, H

Indian

SA

27

Female

KE17

2001

Sputum

E, H

Indian

SA

30

Male

KE18

2001

LN

E, H

Filipino

SEA

31

Male

KE19

2001

Sputum

E, H

Indian

SA

45

Male

KE20

2001

Sputum

E, H

Egyptian

ME

49

Male

KE21

2001

Sputum

E, H, S

Indian

SA

25

Male

KE22

2001

Sputum

E, H, R, S

Egyptian

ME

27

Female

KE23

2002

Sputum

E

Kuwaiti

ME

65

Male

KE24

2002

Sputum

E, H

Egyptian

ME

45

Male

KE25

2002

Pus

E, H

Kuwaiti

ME

34

Male

KE26

2002

FNA

E, S

Indian

SA

21

Male

KE27

2002

Pus

E

Indian

SA

30

Female

KE28

2002

BAL

E, H

Bangladeshi

SA

32

Male

KE29

2002

GS

E, R

Syrian

ME

57

Female

KE30

2002

Sputum

E, H, R, S

Nepalese

SA

23

Female

KE31

2002

FNA

E

Indian

SA

31

Male

KE32

2002

Sputum

E

Kuwaiti

ME

25

Female

KE33

2002

Sputum

E, H

Pakistani

ME

38

Male

KE34

2002

Sputum

E, H

Filipino

SEA

27

Female

KE35

2002

Sputum

E

Indian

SA

29

Male

KE36

2003

LN

E

Yemani

ME

31

Male

KE37

2003

Pus

E

Kuwaiti

ME

23

Male

KE38

2003

FNA

E, H, S

Pakistani

ME

23

Male

KE39

2003

Sputum

E

Indian

SA

26

Male

KE40

2003

FNA

E

Indian

SA

30

Male

KE41

2003

Sputum

E, H

Kuwaiti

ME

18

Female

KE42

2003

LN

E, H

Indian

SA

25

Female

KE43

2003

FNA

E, H

Kuwaiti

ME

37

Male

KE44

2003

Sputum

E, H

Pakistani

ME

54

Male

KE45

2003

PF

E, H

Indian

SA

45

Male

KE46

2003

Sputum

E, H, R, S

Indian

SA

47

Male

KE47

2003

Pus

E, H, R, S

Iranian

ME

35

Male

KE48

2003

Sputum

E, H, R, S

Egyptian

ME

24

Male

KE49

2003

FNA

E, H, R, S

Egyptian

ME

65

Female

KE50

2003

PF

E, H

Indian

SA

46

Male

  1. aFNA, fine needle aspirate; LN, lymph node; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; GS, gastric secretion; PF, pleural fluid
  2. bE, ethambutol; H, isoniazid; R, rifampicin; S, streptomycin
  3. cSA, South Asia; ME, Middle East; SEA, Southeast Asia