[Epidemiology of tuberculosis in French Brittany: cases notified between 2000 and 2007].
The authors studied the reported cases of tuberculosis diseases in Brittany between 2000 and 2007 via the mandatory notification scheme. One thousand nine hundred and seventy-five cases were notified during the study period. The incidence in French Brittany (eight cases per 100,000) was the third highest in France. A statistically significant negative trend was observed later, mainly attributable to a decrease between 2000 and 2001. The mean patient age at notification was 55 in Brittany versus 46 years of age for the rest of France (p<0.001). Eighty per cent of the patients were born in France versus 46% for the rest of the country. The rate of multiresistance to antibiotics was 1.3% versus 4.6% for the rest of France (p<0.001). The estimated completeness of notification was 80% compared to 70% for the whole country. Despite a decrease of tuberculosis incidence in Brittany, the withdrawal of mandatory vaccination suggests strengthening tuberculosis monitoring in the future.
Cellule interrégionale d'épidémiologie (Cire) Ouest, institut de veille sanitaire, Drass de Bretagne, 20 rue d'Isly, Rennes, France. bertrand.gagniere@ars.sante.fr
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Gagnière
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Le Goas
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Salomon
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