Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients with mycobacterial infections
No. of patients | 134 |
Age (range) | 49 ± 20 a (17 to 99) |
Gender; Male/Female (%) | 69/31 |
Origin - (%) | Â |
   Israeli | 32 (24%) |
   Russian | 52 (39%) |
   African | 36(27%) |
   Asian | 14 (10%) |
Length of symptoms in weeks (range) | 17 ± 27 a (1 to 100) |
Atypical mycobacterium | 12 (9%) |
Extrapulmonary TB | 19 (14%) |
Miliary disease | 5 (4%) |
Multidrug resistance | 20 (15%) |
HIV positive | 12 (9%) |
Hepatitis C positive | 9 (7%) |
Hepatitis B positive | 5 (4%) |