Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 33, 15 August 2013
Rapid communications
A surge of MDR and XDR tuberculosis in France among patients born in the Former Soviet Union
C Bernard <SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, F Brossier<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, W Sougakoff<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, N Veziris<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, M Frechet-Jachym<SUP>4</SUP>, N Metivier<SUP>4</SUP>, J Robert<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, V Jarlier<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, on behalf of the MDR-TB Management group of the NRC<SUP>5</SUP>
<SUP></SUP>
<SUP>1) </SUP>Centre National de R?f?rence des Mycobact?ries et de la R?sistance des Mycobact?ries aux Antituberculeux (National reference centre for mycobacteria and resistance of micobacteria to antituberculous drugs), Paris, France
2) UPMC Paris 06 (Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris), ER 5, EA 1541, Laboratoty of Bacteriology and Hygiene, Paris, France
3) Laboratory of Bacteriology and Hygiene, H?pital Piti?-Salp?tri?re, AP-HP, Paris, France
4) Medical Centre of Bligny, Briis sous Forges, France
5) The members of the team are listed at the end of the article
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Citation style for this article: Bernard C, Brossier F, Sougakoff W, Veziris N, Frechet-Jachym M, Metivier N, Robert J, Jarlier V, on behalf of the MDR-TB Management group of the NRC. A surge of MDR and XDR tuberculosis in France among patients born in the Former Soviet Union. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(33)
ii=20555. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20555
Date of submission: 12 August 2013
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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).
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 33, 15 August 2013
Rapid communications
A surge of MDR and XDR tuberculosis in France among patients born in the Former Soviet Union
C Bernard <SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, F Brossier<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, W Sougakoff<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, N Veziris<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, M Frechet-Jachym<SUP>4</SUP>, N Metivier<SUP>4</SUP>, J Robert<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, V Jarlier<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, on behalf of the MDR-TB Management group of the NRC<SUP>5</SUP>
<SUP></SUP>
<SUP>1) </SUP>Centre National de R?f?rence des Mycobact?ries et de la R?sistance des Mycobact?ries aux Antituberculeux (National reference centre for mycobacteria and resistance of micobacteria to antituberculous drugs), Paris, France
2) UPMC Paris 06 (Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris), ER 5, EA 1541, Laboratoty of Bacteriology and Hygiene, Paris, France
3) Laboratory of Bacteriology and Hygiene, H?pital Piti?-Salp?tri?re, AP-HP, Paris, France
4) Medical Centre of Bligny, Briis sous Forges, France
5) The members of the team are listed at the end of the article
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Citation style for this article: Bernard C, Brossier F, Sougakoff W, Veziris N, Frechet-Jachym M, Metivier N, Robert J, Jarlier V, on behalf of the MDR-TB Management group of the NRC. A surge of MDR and XDR tuberculosis in France among patients born in the Former Soviet Union. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(33)
ii=20555. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20555 Date of submission: 12 August 2013
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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).
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