Abstract
A marked increase in the number of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases entirely related to patients born in the Former Soviet Union was observed in France in the last two years. Very few cases were clustered, suggesting it is a consequence of recent immigration of patients already infected in their country of origin. This major increase challenges the existing structures for management of MDR and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB).
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / drug therapy
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / ethnology*
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Female
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France / epidemiology
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Genotype
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Humans
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Incidence
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
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Patients / statistics & numerical data*
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Risk Factors
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Tandem Repeat Sequences
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis*
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / ethnology*
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USSR / ethnology
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Young Adult