title: A surge of MDR and XDR tuberculosis in France among patients born in the Former Soviet Union.
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).
authors: Centre National de Référence des Mycobactéries et de la Résistance des Mycobactéries aux Antituberculeux (National reference centre for mycobacteria and resistance of micobacteria to antituberculous drugs), Paris, France.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Bernard
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Brossier
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Sougakoff
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Veziris
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Frechet-Jachym
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Metivier
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Renvoisé
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Robert
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Jarlier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054908:Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010361:Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology*; D014586:USSR / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents