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Euro Surveill
; 18(33): 20555, 2013 Aug 15.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23968874
RESUMEN
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).