Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Clusters of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cases, Europe

Isabelle Devaux

, Kristin Kremer, Herre Heersma, and Dick van Soolingen

Author affiliations: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (I. Devaux); National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (K. Kremer, H. Heersma, D. Van Soolingen)

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Description of MDR TB cases in Europe selected for data analysis, January 2003–July 2007. RFA does not include data from Germany and Lithuania. MDR TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; SLD, second-line drug; DST, drug-susceptibility test; RFA, risk factor analysis. *Countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Figure 1. Description of MDR TB cases in Europe selected for data analysis, January 2003–July 2007. RFA does not include data from Germany and Lithuania. MDR TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; SLD, second-line drug; DST, drug-susceptibility test; RFA, risk factor analysis. *Countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

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