Volume 5, Number 3—June 1999
Research
Tuberculosis in the Caribbean: Using Spacer Oligonucleotide Typing to Understand Strain Origin and Transmission
Christophe Sola, Anne Devallois, Lionel Horgen, Jérôme Maïsetti, Ingrid Filliol, Eric Legrand, and Nalin Rastogi
Table 2
Epidemiologic and clinical data for 410 tuberculosis (TB) cases reported to the health authorities from 1994 to 1996 in the French West Indies
| Guadeloupe | Martinique | French Guiana | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB cases | 136 | 89 | 185 | 410 |
| Pleuropulmonnary cases | 115 | 71 | 156 | 342 |
| Total TB incidencea | 11 | 8.2 | 40.6 | 14.20 |
| Sex ratio | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.65 |
| PDR to INH (%) | 4.4 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| PDR to RIF (%) | 1.4 | - | - | - |
| Foreign-born TB patients (%) | 24.5 | 20.3 | 68 | 43.2 |
| TB-HIV coin-fection (%)b | 28 | 19 | 25 | 24.6 |
aNew cases/100,000 inhabitants, 1994 to 1996.
bTotal number of known HIV-positive cases among TB patients was 101. However, foreign-born patients represented 50% of all the TB-HIV coinfected patients in Martinique, 60% in Guadeloupe, and 80% in French Guiana. The % shown is a minimal estimation as HIV serology results were available only for 49% of patients in Martinique, 75% in Guadeloupe, and 80% in French Guiana.PDR, primary drug resistance; INH, isoniazid; RIF, rifampin.
