Imported extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, Marseilles, France, 2011

Euro Surveill. 2011 Apr 21;16(16):19846.

Abstract

Multidrug- (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) are reported to gradually spread across European countries with low TB prevalence including France. Some isolates may even accumulate traits of resistance in addition to the XDR profile, as a result of therapeutic mismanagement. We report here the first case of XDR TB in Marseilles and discuss the potential effectiveness of sulfamide treatment in such cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Female
  • France
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents