title: Imported extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, Marseilles, France, 2011.
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.
authors.affiliation: Federation de Microbiologie Clinique, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Marseille, Institut Hospitalier Universitaire POLMIT (University Hospital Institute for Infectious Diseases), Marseille, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cohen-Bacrie
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ben Kahla
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Botelho-Nevers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Million
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brouqui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054908:Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents