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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Eurosurveillance, 33(18), 2013

DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.33.20555

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A surge of MDR and XDR tuberculosis in France among patients born in the Former Soviet Union

Journal article published in 2013 by C. Bernard, C. on behalf of the Mdr-Tb Management, F. Brossier, W. Sougakoff, M. Frechet Jachym, Nicolas Veziris ORCID, N. Metivier, A. Renvoise, J. Robert, V. Jarlier, Damien Le Du
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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).