Imported extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, Marseilles, France, 2011

S Cohen-Bacrie; I Ben Kahla; E Botelho-Nevers; M Million; P Parola; P Brouqui; M Drancourt

doi:10.2807/ese.16.16.19846-en

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Imported extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, Marseilles, France, 2011
S Cohen-Bacrie^1,2 , I Ben Kahla^1,2 , E Botelho-Nevers^2,3 , M Million^2,3 , P Parola^2,3 , P Brouqui^2,3 , M Drancourt^1,2
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Affiliations: ¹ Fédération de Microbiologie Clinique, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille, Institut Hospitalier Universitaire POLMIT (University Hospital Institute for Infectious Diseases), Marseille, France ² Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS-UMR 6236, IRD 198, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée (University of the Mediterranean), Marseille, France ³ Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Nord, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille, Institut Hospitalier Universitaire POLMIT (University Hospital Institute for Infectious Diseases), Marseille, France

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M Drancourt
michel.drancourt univmed.fr
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Citation style for this article: Cohen-Bacrie S, Ben Kahla I, Botelho-Nevers E, Million M, Parola P, Brouqui P, Drancourt M. Imported extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, Marseilles, France, 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(16):pii=19846. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.16.19846-en Received: 14 Apr 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.