Abstract
The Republic of Djibouti is an African country that exhibits one of the highest incidence rate of tuberculosis in the world. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among new cases. We studied retrospectively every tuberculosis case diagnosed over a 12-month period in patients hospitalized at the French Military Hospital of Bouffard. During this period, 1,274 samples from 675 patients were tested. We isolated 266 mycobacteria corresponding to 180 cases of tuberculosis. Thirty-three were fully susceptible and 57% met the tuberculosis criteria, with 46% primary resistance. No extensively-drug-resistant tuberculosis was found. Our results highlight a major concern about the situation in this part of the world.
Highlights
The Republic of Djibouti is an African country that exhibits one of the highest incidence rate of tuberculosis in the world
World Health Organization 650,000 people are infected by MDR-TB worldwide and 12 million suffer from tuberculosis
The Republic of Djibouti, with a population of approximately 800,000 people, is a country located in the Horn of Africa that exhibits one of the highest incidence rates of tuberculosis in the world close to 300 new cases per 100,000 people per year
Summary
The Republic of Djibouti is an African country that exhibits one of the highest incidence rate of tuberculosis in the world. Methodology: We studied retrospectively every tuberculosis case diagnosed over a 12-month period in patients hospitalized at the French Military Hospital of Bouffard. During this period, 1,274 samples from 675 patients were tested. The Republic of Djibouti, with a population of approximately 800,000 people, is a country located in the Horn of Africa that exhibits one of the highest incidence rates of tuberculosis in the world close to 300 new cases per 100,000 people per year. To go further into this debate, we decided to conduct a clinical and bacteriological study whose aim was to evaluate the prevalence of MDR-TB in patients admitted to the French Military Hospital of Bouffard (HMCB), Djibouti
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