WHO epidemiological region-of-birth of foreign-born culture-positive tuberculosis cases in Canada by drug susceptibility pattern of incident case isolate (1997–2008).

Abbreviations: No., number; vs, versus; CEUR Central European Region; EME Established Market Economies; AFR-high Africa; High HIV; AFR-low Africa Low HIV; AMR Latin America Region; EEUR Eastern European Region; EMR Eastern Mediterranean Region; SEAR Southeast Asian Region; WPR Western Pacific Region.*Percentages in ‘Total’ column use total number assessed as denominator. Percentages in other columns use row total as denominator.†Refers to resistance to one or more first-line drugs but not meeting the definition of MDR.‡Confidence Intervals calculated using Fisher’s exact methods; ORs reaching statistical significance, based on non-overlapping 95% CIs are highlighted in italics.