1index cases>17 years of age. Abbreviations: AFB–Acid-fast bacilli; SS–sputum smear; MDR–Multidrug-resistant Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of index tuberculosis (TB) cases, Tbilisi, G
1the median and interquartile range are reported given the ordinal nature of the data;2the EOLPRO was introduced 5 months after study initiation;3the distribution of the BPI was approximately normal,
