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[Resistance to first-line drugs and major genotypic lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the 3 French Department of the Americas: Profiles, evolution, and trends (1995-2011)].
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) - 1 May 2014
Millet J, Berchel M, Prudenté F, Streit E, Bomer A-G, Schuster F, Vanhomwegen J, Paasch D, Galbert I, Valery E, Aga R, Rastogi N
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This is the first overview on resistant and multidrug resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating in the French Department of the Americas (Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana) over 17 years (January 1995-December 2011). A total of 1,239 cases were studied: 1,199 new cases (primary and multidrug resistance of 11.8 and 1.6% respectively), and 40 persistent (defined as cases with a previous...
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