Key points

• 57 cases of active tuberculosis (ATB) were reported in French Guiana

• A crude tuberculosis case rate of 19.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, higher than in other regions of France but lower than in French Guiana’s neighboring countries

• 84% of active TB cases were aged 25 to 59, two-thirds were men, and 76% were born abroad

• 88% were pulmonary cases

• 91% of diagnoses resulted from patients seeking care on their own initiative