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Gutierrez J, Nsereko M, Malone LL, Mayanja-Kizza H, Kisingo H, Boom WH, Bark CM, Stein CM. Capturing Recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection by Tuberculin Skin Test vs. Interferon-Gamma Release Assay. Trop Med Infect Dis 2024; 9:81. [PMID: 38668542 PMCID: PMC11053984 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed9040081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
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Reductions in tuberculosis (TB) incidence require identification of individuals at high risk of developing active disease, such as those with recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Using a prospective household contact (HHC) study in Kampala, Uganda, we diagnosed new Mtb infection using both the tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA). Our study aimed to determine if the TST adds additional value to the characterization of IGRA converters. We identified 13 HHCs who only converted the IGRA (QFT-only converters), 39 HHCs who only converted their TST (TST-only converters), and 24 HHCs who converted both tests (QFT/TST converters). Univariate analysis revealed that TST-only converters were older. Additionally, increased odds of TST-only conversion were associated with older age (p = 0.02) and crowdedness (p = 0.025). QFT/TST converters had higher QFT quantitative values at conversion than QFT-only converters and a bigger change in TST quantitative values at conversion than TST-only converters. Collectively, these data indicate that TST conversion alone likely overestimates Mtb infection. Its correlation to older age suggests an "environmental" boosting response due to prolonged exposure to environmental mycobacteria. This result also suggests that QFT/TST conversion may be associated with a more robust immune response, which should be considered when planning vaccine studies.
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- Jesús Gutierrez
- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;
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- Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala 7062, Uganda; (M.N.); (H.M.-K.); (H.K.)
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA (W.H.B.)
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- Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala 7062, Uganda; (M.N.); (H.M.-K.); (H.K.)
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- Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala 7062, Uganda; (M.N.); (H.M.-K.); (H.K.)
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA (W.H.B.)
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA;
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA (W.H.B.)
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Putera I, van Daele PLA, ten Berge JCEM, Dik WA, La Distia Nora R, van Hagen PM, Rombach SM. Long-term follow-up after treatment of tubercular uveitis: case series and review of the literature. FRONTIERS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY 2023; 3:1270948. [PMID: 38983011 PMCID: PMC11182287 DOI: 10.3389/fopht.2023.1270948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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Introduction There is a scarcity of long-term follow-up data and management strategies for recurrent uveitis in tubercular uveitis (TBU), especially in cases extending beyond 10 years after the completion of initial antitubercular treatment (ATT). Methods This retrospective study involved five TBU patients who were initially treated with a combination of four-drug ATT for 6 months, and the five of them had more than 10 years of follow-up after uveitis resolution upon ATT completion. We describe the occurrence of recurrent uveitis and present our approach to managing these recurrent episodes. Results Recurrent uveitis and cystoid macular edema (CME) developed in three out of five included TBU patients with a median of 18 years (range 13-20 years) of follow-up. The anatomical sites of the recurrences were anterior, intermediate, and pan-uveitis. The recurrent episodes varied from 6 years to 15 years after ATT completion. Systemic or local corticosteroids/immunosuppressants successfully resolved all recurrent episodes, but one was also treated with the combination of isoniazid monotherapy again. Two patients needed anti-tumor necrosis factor-α therapy. Conclusion Long-term monitoring of TBU patients after ATT completion is warranted. Further well-designed studies with larger sample sizes are required to better estimate the risk of recurrences, investigate the underlying mechanism of recurrences, and identify biomarkers that predict who is at risk for recurrences.
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- Ikhwanuliman Putera
- Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Laboratory Medical Immunology, Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia – Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Laboratory Medical Immunology, Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Laboratory Medical Immunology, Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia – Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Laboratory Medical Immunology, Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine and Immunology, Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Kim S, Hesseling AC, Wu X, Hughes MD, Shah NS, Gaikwad S, Kumarasamy N, Mitchell E, Leon M, Gonzales P, Badal-Faesen S, Lourens M, Nerette S, Shenje J, de Koker P, Nedsuwan S, Mohapi L, Chakalisa UA, Mngqbisa R, Escada RODS, Ouma S, Heckman B, Naini L, Gupta A, Swindells S, Churchyard G. Factors associated with prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease among adolescents and adults exposed to rifampin-resistant tuberculosis in the household. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0283290. [PMID: 36930628 PMCID: PMC10022776 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Understanding factors associated with prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and prevalent TB disease in household contacts of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) may be useful for TB program staff conducting contact investigations. METHODS Using data from a cross-sectional study that enrolled index participants with rifampin-resistant pulmonary TB and their household contacts (HHCs), we evaluated HHCs age ≥15 years for factors associated with two outcomes: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and TB disease. Among HHCs who were not already diagnosed with current active TB disease by the TB program, Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection was determined by interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA). TB disease was adjudicated centrally. We fitted logistic regression models using generalized estimating equations. RESULTS Seven hundred twelve HHCs age ≥15 years enrolled from 279 households in eight high-TB burden countries were a median age of 34 years, 63% female, 22% current smokers and 8% previous smokers, 8% HIV-positive, and 11% previously treated for TB. Of 686 with determinate IGRA results, 471 tested IGRA positive (prevalence 68.8% (95% Confidence Interval: 64.6%, 72.8%)). Multivariable modeling showed IGRA positivity was more common in HHCs aged 25-49 years; reporting prior TB treatment; reporting incarceration, substance use, and/or a period of daily alcohol use in the past 12 months; sharing a sleeping room or more evenings spent with the index participant; living with smokers; or living in a home of materials typical of low socioeconomic status. Forty-six (6.5% (95% Confidence Interval: 4.6%, 9.0%)) HHCs age ≥15 years had prevalent TB disease. Multivariable modeling showed higher prevalence of TB disease among HHCs aged ≥50 years; reporting current or previous smoking; reporting a period of daily alcohol use in the past 12 months; and reporting prior TB treatment. CONCLUSION We identified overlapping and distinct characteristics associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and TB disease that may be useful for those conducting household TB investigations.
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- Soyeon Kim
- Department of Biostatistics, Frontier Science Foundation, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College CRS and Sassoon General Hospital, BJMC Clinical Research Site, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Chennai Antiviral Research and Treatment (CART), Infectious Disease Medical Center, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, India
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- Department of Medicine and University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Division of Pulmonology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Barranco CRS, Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación, Lima, Peru
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- San Miguel CRS, Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación, Lima, Peru
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- University of the Witwatersrand CRS, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- TASK Applied Science CRS, Brooklyn Chest Hospital, Bellville, South Africa
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- Institute of Infectious Diseases and Reproductive Health, Les Centres GHESKIO, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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- South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Soweto CRS, Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Durban Adult HIV CRS, Enhancing Care Foundation, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa
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- Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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- Frontier Science Foundation, Amherst, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Research and Bioscience, Social & Scientific Systems, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Aurum Institute, Parktown, South Africa, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Hayuk P, Boongird S, Pornsuriyasak P, Bruminhent J. Interferon-gamma release assays for diagnosis of latent TB infection in chronic kidney diseases and dialysis patients. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:1046373. [PMID: 36452296 PMCID: PMC9701719 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1046373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Introduction Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), are at risk of developing tuberculosis (TB). The prevalence and predictors of LTBI assessed by a high-sensitivity, high-specificity test such as an interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) has not been thoroughly explored. Methods All patients with CKD were prospectively recruited from September 2020 to November 2021 and retrospectively reviewed from December 2020 to November 2021. The prevalence of LTBI was determined using IGRA by CKD stage and dialysis type. Predictors of LTBI were assessed by logistic regression analysis. Results In total, 199 patients with CKD were enrolled (102 prospectively, 97 retrospectively). Of these, 173 patients were evaluable (mean age, 53 ± 16 years; 44% male). Ninety-five (55%) patients had ESKD and were maintained on renal replacement therapy. Overall, 39 (22.5%) patients had LTBI with a prevalence of 25.0%, 12.5%, 25.0%, 25.0%, and 24.2% among patients with CKD stage 1, 2, 3a, 3b, and ESKD, respectively (p=0.89). Among patients with ESKD, the prevalence of LTBI was higher in those on hemodialysis than in those on peritoneal dialysis (28.9% vs. 5.3%, p=0.03). In the multivariable analysis of patients with ESKD, drinking alcohol was significantly associated with LTBI (odds ratio, 8.51; 95% confidence interval, 1.24–58.38; p=0.029), and hemodialysis was marginally associated with LTBI (odds ratio, 8.14; 95% confidence interval, 0.95–69.91; p=0.056). Conclusion In TB-endemic settings, 20% of patients with CKD and 25% of patients with ESKD may have LTBI. Alcohol consumption and hemodialysis can help to identify high-risk patients with ESKD and potentially screen for LBTI.
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- Pattorn Hayuk
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Jackson S, McShane H. Challenges in Developing a Controlled Human Tuberculosis Challenge Model. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2022. [PMID: 35332386 DOI: 10.1007/82_2022_252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Controlled human infection models (CHIMs) have provided pivotal scientific advancements, contributing to the licensure of new vaccines for many pathogens. Despite being one of the world's oldest known pathogens, there are still significant gaps in our knowledge surrounding the immunobiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb). Furthermore, the only licensed vaccine, BCG, is a century old and demonstrates limited efficacy in adults from endemic areas. Despite good global uptake of BCG, tuberculosis (TB) remains a silent epidemic killing 1.4 million in 2019 (WHO, Global tuberculosis report 2020). A mycobacterial CHIM could expedite the development pipeline of novel TB vaccines and provide critical understanding on the immune response to TB. However, developing a CHIM for such a complex organism is a challenging process. The first hurdle to address is which challenge agent to use, as it would not be ethical to use virulent M. tb. This chapter describes the current progress and outstanding issues in the development of a TB CHIM. Previous and current human studies include both aerosol and intradermal models using either BCG or purified protein derivative (PPD) as a surrogate agent. Future work investigating the use of attenuated M. tb is underway.
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- Susan Jackson
- Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Jenner Institute, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Jenner Institute, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
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Khabibullina NF, Kutuzova DM, Burmistrova IA, Lyadova IV. The Biological and Clinical Aspects of a Latent Tuberculosis Infection. Trop Med Infect Dis 2022; 7:tropicalmed7030048. [PMID: 35324595 PMCID: PMC8955876 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed7030048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Tuberculosis (TB), caused by bacilli from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, remains a serious global public health problem, representing one of the main causes of death from infectious diseases. About one quarter of the world’s population is infected with Mtb and has a latent TB infection (LTBI). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an LTBI is characterized by a lasting immune response to Mtb antigens without any TB symptoms. Current LTBI diagnoses and treatments are based on this simplified definition, although an LTBI involves a broad range of conditions, including when Mtb remains in the body in a persistent form and the immune response cannot be detected. The study of LTBIs has progressed in recent years; however, many biological and medical aspects of an LTBI are still under discussion. This review focuses on an LTBI as a broad spectrum of states, both of the human body, and of Mtb cells. The problems of phenotypic insusceptibility, diagnoses, chemoprophylaxis, and the necessity of treatment are discussed. We emphasize the complexity of an LTBI diagnosis and its treatment due to its ambiguous nature. We consider alternative ways of differentiating an LTBI from active TB, as well as predicting TB reactivation based on using mycobacterial “latency antigens” for interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) tests and the transcriptomic analysis of human blood cells.
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Imeneo A, Alessio G, Di Lorenzo A, Campogiani L, Lodi A, Barreca F, Zordan M, Barchi V, Massa B, Tedde S, Crea A, Vitale P, Spalliera I, Compagno M, Coppola L, Dori L, Malagnino V, Teti E, Andreoni M, Sarmati L, Iannetta M. In Patients with Severe COVID-19, the Profound Decrease in the Peripheral Blood T-Cell Subsets Is Correlated with an Increase of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Indeterminate Rates and Reflecting a Reduced Interferon-Gamma Production. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12020244. [PMID: 35207531 PMCID: PMC8880410 DOI: 10.3390/life12020244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Increased rates of indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Assay (QFT-Plus) were demonstrated in patients hospitalized with Coronavirus Disease (COVID)-19. We aimed to define the prevalence and characteristics of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with indeterminate QFT-Plus. A retrospective study was performed including hospitalized COVID-19 patients, stratified in survivors and non-survivors, non-severe and severe according to the maximal oxygen supply required. Statistical analysis was performed using JASP ver0.14.1 and GraphPad Prism ver8.2.1. A total of 420 patients were included, median age: 65 years, males: 66.4%. The QFT-Plus was indeterminate in 22.1% of patients. Increased rate of indeterminate QFT-Plus was found in non-survivors (p = 0.013) and in severe COVID-19 patients (p < 0.001). Considering the Mitogen-Nil condition of the QFT-Plus, an impaired production of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) was found in non-survivors (p < 0.001) and in severe COVID-19 patients (p < 0.001). A positive correlation between IFN-γ levels in the Mitogen-Nil condition and the absolute counts of CD3+ (p < 0.001), CD4+ (p < 0.001), and CD8+ (p < 0.001) T-lymphocytes was found. At the multivariable analysis, CD3+ T-cell absolute counts and CD4/CD8 ratio were confirmed as independent predictors of indeterminate results at the QFT-Plus. Our study confirmed the increased rate of indeterminate QFT-Plus in COVID-19 patients, mainly depending on the peripheral blood T-lymphocyte depletion found in the most severe cases.
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- Alessandra Imeneo
- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
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- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
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- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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- Department of System Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (A.I.); (G.A.); (A.D.L.); (A.L.); (F.B.); (M.Z.); (V.B.); (B.M.); (S.T.); (A.C.); (V.M.); (M.A.); (L.S.)
- Infectious Disease Clinic, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy; (L.C.); (P.V.); (I.S.); (M.C.); (L.C.); (L.D.); (E.T.)
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A differential DNA methylome signature of pulmonary immune cells from individuals converting to latent tuberculosis infection. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19418. [PMID: 34593857 PMCID: PMC8484443 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98542-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, spreads via aerosols and the first encounter with the immune system is with the pulmonary-resident immune cells. The role of epigenetic regulations in the immune cells is emerging and we have previously shown that macrophages capacity to kill M. tuberculosis is reflected in the DNA methylome. The aim of this study was to investigate epigenetic modifications in alveolar macrophages and T cells in a cohort of medical students with an increased risk of TB exposure, longitudinally. DNA methylome analysis revealed that a unique DNA methylation profile was present in healthy subjects who later developed latent TB during the study. The profile was reflected in a different overall DNA methylation distribution as well as a distinct set of differentially methylated genes (DMGs). The DMGs were over-represented in pathways related to metabolic reprogramming of macrophages and T cell migration and IFN-γ production, pathways previously reported important in TB control. In conclusion, we identified a unique DNA methylation signature in individuals, with no peripheral immune response to M. tuberculosis antigen who later developed latent TB. Together the study suggests that the DNA methylation status of pulmonary immune cells can reveal who will develop latent TB infection.
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Burel JG, Singhania A, Dubelko P, Muller J, Tanner R, Parizotto E, Dedicoat M, Fletcher TE, Dunbar J, Cunningham AF, Lindestam Arlehamn CS, Catanzaro DG, Catanzaro A, Rodwell T, McShane H, O'Shea MK, Peters B. Distinct blood transcriptomic signature of treatment in latent tuberculosis infected individuals at risk of developing active disease. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2021; 131:102127. [PMID: 34555657 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2021.102127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Although only a small fraction will ever develop the active form of tuberculosis (ATB) disease, chemoprophylaxis treatment in latent TB infected (LTBI) individuals is an effective strategy to control pathogen transmission. Characterizing immune responses in LTBI upon chemoprophylactic treatment is important to facilitate treatment monitoring, and thus improve TB control strategies. Here, we studied changes in the blood transcriptome in a cohort of 42 LTBI and 8 ATB participants who received anti-TB therapy. Based on the expression of previously published gene signatures of progression to ATB, we stratified the LTBI cohort in two groups and examined if individuals deemed to be at elevated risk of developing ATB before treatment (LTBI-Risk) differed from others (LTBI-Other). We found that LTBI-Risk and LTBI-Other groups were associated with two distinct transcriptomic treatment signatures, with the LTBI-Risk signature resembling that of treated ATB patients. Notably, overlapping genes between LTBI-Risk and ATB treatment signatures were associated with risk of progression to ATB and interferon (IFN) signaling, and were selectively downregulated upon treatment in the LTBI-Risk but not the LTBI-Other group. Our results suggest that transcriptomic reprogramming following treatment of LTBI is heterogeneous and can be used to distinguish LTBI-Risk individuals from the LTBI cohort at large.
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- Julie G Burel
- Vaccine Discovery Division, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Vaccine Discovery Division, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Vaccine Discovery Division, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Joint Medical Command, Birmingham, UK; Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, UK
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- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
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- The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK; Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Joint Medical Command, Birmingham, UK; Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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- Vaccine Discovery Division, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.
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Wang PH, Lin SY, Lee SSJ, Lin SW, Lee CY, Wei YF, Shu CC, Wang JY, Yu CJ. CD4 response of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus for positive consistency of latent tuberculosis infection in patients on dialysis. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21367. [PMID: 33288814 PMCID: PMC7721715 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78374-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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A significantly negative reversion in the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) test is reported in patients on dialysis, which makes the results unreliable. The CD4 and CD8 responses of the QFT-Gold plus (QFT-Plus) may have better positive consistency, but this needs to be investigated. We enrolled dialysis patients with baseline positive QFT-GIT0 results and conducted two rounds of follow-up paired QFT-GIT1&2 and QFT-Plus1&2 tests at an interval of 6 months. The positive consistency, concordance, and discordance of the QFT results were analyzed. A total of 236 patients on dialysis were screened, and 73 participants with positive QFT-GIT0 results were enrolled. The baseline QFT-GIT0 response was higher in the 1st QFT-Plus1(+) group than in the QFT-Plus1(-) group, but insignificantly different between the 1st QFT-GIT1(+) and QFT-GIT1(-) groups. The two assays had good correlation when concurrently tested. Fifty-three subjects completed a second round of the QFT-GIT2 and QFT-Plus2. Persistent positivity was higher with the QFT-Plus2 (81.8%) than with the QFT-GIT2 (58.8%, p = 0.040). The QFT-GIT1 and QFT-Plus1 CD4 responses were higher in patients with persistent positivity than in those with negative reversion, whereas the difference of the QFT-Plus TB1 and TB2 data, representative of the CD8 response, were similar between positive persistence and negative reversion. In conclusion, the QFT-Plus provides more reliable positive consistency than does the QFT-GIT. The CD4 interferon-γ response might play a role in maintaining positivity of LTBI.
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- Ping-Huai Wang
- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Department of Nursing, Oriental Institute of Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan. .,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Nahon-Esteve S, Martel A, Maschi C, Alketbi M, Baillif S, Tieulie N. Uveitis associated with latent tuberculosis: A comparative study of the impact of antitubercular therapy combined or not with systemic corticosteroids. Eur J Ophthalmol 2020; 31:2457-2466. [PMID: 33008274 DOI: 10.1177/1120672120962066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE To study the outcome of latent tubercular uveitis (LTBU) treated with antitubercular therapy (ATT) combined or not with adjuvant systemic corticosteroids. METHODS Twenty patients (27 eyes) with LTBU were included in a monocentric retrospective study and evaluated for the absence of active disease after treatment. Data on the clinical outcomes (active inflammation), vision (best-corrected visual acuity, BCVA) and treatment were collected retrospectively. RESULTS Fourteen patients received ATT alone and six patients received ATT combined with systemic corticosteroids. The two groups were not comparable in terms of proportion of tubercular panuveitis cases and initial BCVA (59.3 ± 8.2 letters vs 44.2 ± 15.2 letters). There was no significant difference in remission rate and in BCVA between both groups 3 months after ATT discontinuation. CONCLUSION Patients with LTBU treated with ATT alone had visual and inflammatory outcomes at least comparable to those of patients treated with ATT combined with systemic corticosteroids.
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- Sacha Nahon-Esteve
- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Department of Ophthalmology, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Department of Ophthalmology, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Department of Ophthalmology, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Department of Ophthalmology, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Department of Ophthalmology, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Department of Ophthalmology, Nice, France
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Shu CC, Tsai MK, Lin SW, Wang JY, Yu CJ, Lee CY. Latent Tuberculosis Infection Increases in Kidney Transplantation Recipients Compared With Transplantation Candidates: A Neglected Perspective in Tuberculosis Control. Clin Infect Dis 2020; 71:914-923. [PMID: 32620949 PMCID: PMC7428385 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background The prevalence and incidence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in patients with kidney transplantation remain unclear. Methods In this prospective study, we enrolled kidney transplantation candidates (KTCs) and recipients (KTRs) from 2014 to 2018. We defined LTBI as a positive result of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube (QFT). We analyzed the predictors for LTBI acquisition and followed up on QFT assay test for 2 years among those initially without LTBI. Results Of 425 patients enrolled, 305 (71.8%) patients belonged to the KTC group and 120 (28.2%) to the KTR group. The initial QFT showed positive results in 32 (10.5%) and 24 (20.0%) patients in the KTC and KTR groups, respectively (P = .009). The QFT response value in patients with LTBI was higher in the KTR group than in the KTC group (1.85 vs 1.06 IU/mL, P = .046). Multivariate logistic regression showed that old age, absence of bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) scar, presence of donor-specific antibody, and KTR group were independent factors for positive LTBI. For participants with initial negative QFT, positive QFT conversion within a 2-year follow-up was higher after kidney transplantation (20%) than in KTCs (5.5%) (P = .034). Conclusions This study is the first cohort to follow up LTBI status in patients with kidney transplantation and shows its higher prevalence and incidence in KTRs. It indicates that surveillance of LTBI after renal transplantation is important. In addition to status of kidney transplantation, old age, no BCG vaccination, and positive donor-specific antibody are also positive predictors for LTBI.
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- Chin-Chung Shu
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.,Center of Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Le Palud P, Herrmann JL, Bergot E. [Interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) tests]. Rev Mal Respir 2018; 35:862-865. [PMID: 30224210 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2018.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- P Le Palud
- Service de pneumologie, CHRU Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen, France
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- UMR1173, Inserm, université de Versailles Saint Quentin, UFR des sciences de la santé, 78180 Montigny le Bretonneux, France; Laboratoire de bactériologie-hygiène, GHU hôpitaux Île de France-Ouest, hôpital Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, 92380 Garches, France.
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- Service de pneumologie, CHRU Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen, France
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[Tuberculosis contact tracing]. Rev Mal Respir 2018; 35:866-871. [PMID: 30224213 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Yang C, Yasseen AS, Stimec J, Rea E, Waters V, Lam R, Morris SK, Kitai I. Prevalence of tuberculosis infection and disease in children referred for tuberculosis medical surveillance in Ontario: a single-cohort study. CMAJ Open 2018; 6:E365-E371. [PMID: 30154220 PMCID: PMC6182122 DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There are few data about the utility of the Canadian tuberculosis medical surveillance system for detecting tuberculosis in children and adolescents. We sought to assess the prevalence of tuberculosis infection and disease in children and adolescents referred by the tuberculosis medical surveillance program who were evaluated at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) tuberculosis program. METHODS We retrospectively studied clinical records, radiographic findings and results of interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) of all children less than 18 years of age referred by the tuberculosis medical surveillance program and evaluated at SickKids between November 2012 and June 2016. RESULTS The median age of the 216 children was 10.0 years. Most were born in the Philippines (157 [72.7%]) or India (39 [18.0%]). Of the 216, 166 (76.8%) had a history of prior treatment for tuberculosis, and 34 (15.7%) were federal-sponsored refugees from settings with a high tuberculosis burden. Negative IGRA results were found in 110/130 (84.6%) of those with prior tuberculosis treatment. Thirty-one children (14.4%) had any chest radiographic abnormality, of whom 4 had changes thought to be due to tuberculosis. No child received a diagnosis of active tuberculosis at assessment or during follow-up; 3 (1.4%) were treated for latent tuberculosis infection following IGRA testing at SickKids. A positive IGRA result was associated with contact with infectious tuberculosis (odds ratio [OR] 5.97, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.06-17.52) and older age at first clinic visit (OR 2.98, 95% CI 1.24-8.30) but not with radiographic abnormalities or history of prior tuberculosis treatment. INTERPRETATION Most children were referred because of a history of prior treatment for tuberculosis; few had clinical or laboratory evidence of infection or prior disease. The tuberculosis medical surveillance process did not identify any children who required treatment for active disease and requires improvement.
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- Catherine Yang
- Faculty of Medicine (Yang), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Yasseen, Rea), Department of Pediatrics (Waters, Morris, Kitai) and Faculty of Nursing (Lam), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Yasseen), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Stimec) and Division of Infectious Diseases (Waters, Morris, Kitai), The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto Public Health (Rea), Toronto, Ont
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- Faculty of Medicine (Yang), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Yasseen, Rea), Department of Pediatrics (Waters, Morris, Kitai) and Faculty of Nursing (Lam), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Yasseen), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Stimec) and Division of Infectious Diseases (Waters, Morris, Kitai), The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto Public Health (Rea), Toronto, Ont
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- Faculty of Medicine (Yang), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Yasseen, Rea), Department of Pediatrics (Waters, Morris, Kitai) and Faculty of Nursing (Lam), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Yasseen), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Stimec) and Division of Infectious Diseases (Waters, Morris, Kitai), The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto Public Health (Rea), Toronto, Ont
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- Faculty of Medicine (Yang), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Yasseen, Rea), Department of Pediatrics (Waters, Morris, Kitai) and Faculty of Nursing (Lam), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Yasseen), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Stimec) and Division of Infectious Diseases (Waters, Morris, Kitai), The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto Public Health (Rea), Toronto, Ont
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- Faculty of Medicine (Yang), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Yasseen, Rea), Department of Pediatrics (Waters, Morris, Kitai) and Faculty of Nursing (Lam), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Yasseen), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Stimec) and Division of Infectious Diseases (Waters, Morris, Kitai), The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto Public Health (Rea), Toronto, Ont
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- Faculty of Medicine (Yang), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Yasseen, Rea), Department of Pediatrics (Waters, Morris, Kitai) and Faculty of Nursing (Lam), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Yasseen), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Stimec) and Division of Infectious Diseases (Waters, Morris, Kitai), The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto Public Health (Rea), Toronto, Ont
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- Faculty of Medicine (Yang), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Yasseen, Rea), Department of Pediatrics (Waters, Morris, Kitai) and Faculty of Nursing (Lam), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Yasseen), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Stimec) and Division of Infectious Diseases (Waters, Morris, Kitai), The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto Public Health (Rea), Toronto, Ont
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- Faculty of Medicine (Yang), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Yasseen, Rea), Department of Pediatrics (Waters, Morris, Kitai) and Faculty of Nursing (Lam), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Yasseen), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Stimec) and Division of Infectious Diseases (Waters, Morris, Kitai), The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto Public Health (Rea), Toronto, Ont.
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Tomkins-Netzer O, Leong BCS, Zhang X, Lightman S, McCluskey PJ. Effect of Antituberculous Therapy on Uveitis Associated With Latent Tuberculosis. Am J Ophthalmol 2018; 190:164-170. [PMID: 29604284 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2018.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2017] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe the clinical features of patients with uveitis associated with latent tuberculosis (TB) and examine the effect of anti-TB treatment (ATT) on uveitis outcome. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS One hundred ninety-nine eyes of 129 patients diagnosed with uveitis associated with latent TB were evaluated for recurrence of disease following treatment. Eighty-nine of the patients (69%) received ATT and information was gathered retrospectively regarding clinical outcome, vision, and treatment. Outcome measures included best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and rate of disease recurrence. RESULTS This study included 89 patients (69%) who received ATT and 40 patients who did not. The uveitis was treated with local and systemic anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive therapy in all patients. The mean change in BCVA following treatment was 4.5 ± 1.4 letters over the follow-up period, with no difference between eyes of patients receiving ATT and those who did not. Sixty-eight eyes (34.9%) had a recurrence of uveitis (0.64 ± 0.08 recurrences per year), with eyes of patients receiving ATT less likely to develop a recurrence compared to those not receiving ATT (29.5% vs 48.2%, odds ratio 0.47, 95% confidence interval 0.29-0.77, P = .003). Eyes treated with ATT recurred at an estimated median of 120 months, compared with 51 months in eyes with no treatment (P = .005). CONCLUSIONS Treatment with ATT halved the risk of uveitis recurrence and delayed the onset of the first recurrence in eyes with uveitis associated with latent TB.
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- Oren Tomkins-Netzer
- UCL/Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Technion, Institute of Technology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
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- UCL/Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- UCL/Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Save Sight Institute, Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia; Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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Reversion of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test in individuals with and without prophylactic treatment for latent tuberculosis infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Infect 2018; 77:276-282. [PMID: 29746953 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Reversion of tuberculosis (TB) infection testing has been suggested to be associated with prophylactic treatment efficacy. However, evidences based on randomized controlled study were sparse. METHODS Studies on serial QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) test, among individuals with and without prophylactic treatment were identified in the databases of PubMed, MEDLINE and EMBASE up to 28 February 2018. The reversion rates were quantitatively summarized by means of meta-analysis using the random-effect model. RESULTS A total of 52 eligible studies were included in the meta-analysis on QFT test reversion rate among participants with (20 studies) and without (32 studies) prophylactic treatment. Summarized reversion rate was found to be 24.9% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 18.4-32.9%) and 25.3% (95% CI: 19.6-32.0%) for those completed or without treatment, respectively. When the analysis was restricted to the participants completed treatment, higher summarized rate of QFT reversion was found among those with longer course therapy (9INH vs. the other regimens), studies from Asia (vs. Europe and America), and individuals with immunosuppression disorders (vs. general populations). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggested that QFT reversion was frequently observed regardless of with or without prophylactic treatment. Serial QFT testing might be inappropriate for evaluating preventive treatment efficacy.
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Park IN, Shim TS. Qualitative and quantitative results of interferon-γ release assays for monitoring the response to anti-tuberculosis treatment. Korean J Intern Med 2017; 32:302-308. [PMID: 27951621 PMCID: PMC5339471 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2016.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The usefulness of interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) in monitoring to responses to anti-tuberculosis (TB) treatment is controversial. We compared the results of two IGRAs before and after anti-TB treatment in same patients with active TB. METHODS From a retrospective review, we selected patients with active TB who underwent repeated QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFN-Gold, Cellestis Limited) and T-SPOT.TB (Oxford Immunotec) assays before and after anti-TB treatment with first-line drugs. Both tests were performed prior to the start of anti-TB treatment or within 1 week after the start of anti-TB treatment and after completion of treatment. RESULTS A total of 33 active TB patients were included in the study. On the QFN-Gold test, at baseline, 23 cases (70%) were early secreted antigenic target 6-kDa protein 6 (ESAT-6) or culture filtrate protein 10 (CFP-10) positive. On the T-SPOT. TB test, at baseline, 31 cases (94%) were ESAT-6 or CFP-10 positive. Most of patients remained both test-positive after anti-TB treatment. Although changes in interferon-γ release responses over time were highly variable in both tests, there was a mean decline of 27 and 24 spot-forming counts for ESAT-6 and CFP-10, respectively on the T-SPOT.TB test (p < 0.05 for all). CONCLUSIONS Although limited by the small number of patients and a short-term follow-up, there was significant decline in the quantitative result of the T-SPOT. TB test with treatment. However, both commercial IGRAs may not provide evidence regarding the cure of disease in Korea, a country where the prevalence of TB is within the intermediate range.
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- I-Nae Park
- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea
- Correspondence to I-Nae Park, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, 9 Mareunnae-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul 04551, Korea Tel: +82-2-2270-0004 Fax: +82-2-2285-2286 E-mail:
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- Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Shu CC, Hsu CL, Lee CY, Wu VC, Yang FJ, Wang JY, Yu CJ, Lee LN. Inflammatory markers and clinical characteristics for predicting persistent positivity of interferon gamma release assay in dialysis population. Sci Rep 2016; 6:34577. [PMID: 27703202 PMCID: PMC5050411 DOI: 10.1038/srep34577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is useful for diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), however the rate of negative conversion is high, especially in dialysis patients. Few studies have focused on predicting persistently positive patients who are at high risk of tuberculosis reactivation. We screened dialysis patients, and used QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) to identify LTBI. Of the 157 participants who had initially positive QFT-GIT, 82 had persistently positivity and 75 had negative conversion. The persistently positive group were younger, more were current smokers, and had higher plasma level of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) and QFT-GIT responses than the negative conversion group. Multivariate logistic regression for persistent positivity revealed that high plasma sTREM-1 and QFT-GIT response, young age and TB contact history were independent factors. Currently smoking had borderline significance. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve using the multi-factor model was 0.878, higher than 0.821 by QFT-GIT response of 0.95 IU/ml. In conclusion, dialysis patients with persistent LTBI status may be associated with a young age, high plasma sTREM-1, strong QFT-GIT response, currently smoking, and TB contact history. If resources are limited, these five predictors can be used to prioritize QFT-GIT-positive dialysis patients for LTBI treatment.
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- Chin-Chung Shu
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei city, Taiwan.,Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei city, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei city, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei city, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin branch, Yun-Lin county, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei city, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei city, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei city, Taiwan.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei city, Taiwan
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Wergeland I, Assmus J, Dyrhol-Riise AM. Cytokine Patterns in Tuberculosis Infection; IL-1ra, IL-2 and IP-10 Differentiate Borderline QuantiFERON-TB Samples from Uninfected Controls. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163848. [PMID: 27685462 PMCID: PMC5042373 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) do not discriminate between active tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB infection (LTBI), which limit their use in TB endemic areas. Subjects with QuantiFERON-TB (QFT) results around the diagnostic cut-off more likely show inconsistent results on serial testing which makes the interpretation of the assay difficult. We have studied potential biomarkers in patients with various stages of TB infection and with borderline QFT tests compared to those with higher values. Methods 27 soluble biomarkers were analysed in QFT supernatants from patients with active TB (n = 18), individuals with LTBI (n = 48) and from QFT negative controls (n = 16) by the Multiplex bead assay. The LTBI group was classified into two groups according to QFT IFN-γ levels; QFT borderline (0.35–0.70 IU/mL, n = 11) or QFT high (>0.70 IU/mL, n = 36). Results The levels of IL-1ra, IL-2, IL-13, IL-15, IFN-γ, IP-10 and MCP-1 in background corrected TB antigen stimulated supernatants (TBAg-Nil) significantly distinguished both active TB and LTBI QFT high groups from the QFT negative controls (p≤0.004). In addition, IL-1ra, IL-2 and IP-10 significantly differentiated the QFT borderline group from the controls (p≤0.001). Still, in the QFT borderline group the IL-1ra and IP-10 levels were not significant different from neither the QFT high nor the active TB group, whereas the IL-2 levels were lower (p≤0.003). The level of IP-10 showed the best separation between the QFT borderline group and the QFT negative controls (AUC 0.92) and offered 100% sensitivity for active TB. Conclusion IL-1ra, IL-2 and IP-10 differentiate QFT borderline samples from uninfected controls and the majority of QFT borderline subjects were classified as LTBI by these markers. Still, inconsistency was seen, and further studies are needed to examine the performance of alternative markers before concluded if they could be used as diagnostics tools.
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- Ida Wergeland
- Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Center for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine and K.G. Jebsen IRC, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Shu CC, Hsu CL, Wei YF, Lee CY, Liou HH, Wu VC, Yang FJ, Lin HH, Wang JY, Chen JS, Yu CJ, Lee LN. Risk of Tuberculosis Among Patients on Dialysis: The Predictive Value of Serial Interferon-Gamma Release Assay. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e3813. [PMID: 27258523 PMCID: PMC4900731 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000003813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Patients on long-term dialysis are at high risk for tuberculosis (TB). Although latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is good target for TB eradication, interferon-gamma release assay-defined LTBI has a high proportion of negative conversion and lacks active TB correlation among patients on dialysis.Patients on long-term dialysis were screened in multiple centers in Taiwan. QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) was used to define LTBI and was performed thrice at 6-month intervals. The primary outcome was active TB diagnosed after LTBI screening. The incidence and predictive value of QFT-GIT were analyzed.The 940 dialysis patients enrolled had an average age of 59.3 years. The initial QFT-GIT results were positive in 193, including 49.6% with persistent positive results on second check. In an average follow-up period of 3 years, 7 patients had TB. Three (319.1 per 100,000 person-yrs) and 4 (141.8 per 100,000 person-yrs) of them were prevalent and incident TB cases, respectively. Persistent positive QFT-GIT for 2 and 3 times correlated with increased hazard ratio for TB (14.44 and 20.29, respectively) compared with a single positive result (hazard ratio 10.38). Among those with 3 positive QFT-GIT results, TB development rate was 4.5% and incidence rate was 1352.3 per 100,000 person-years. In contrast, none of the incident TB occurred in those with initial positive and then negative conversion of QFT-GIT.In an area of intermediate TB incidence, dialysis patients have high TB risk. LTBI status is a good predictor of TB development, especially for those with more than 1 positive result. After excluding prevalent TB cases, serial follow-up of LTBI may narrow the target population to reduce treatment costs.
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- Chin-Chung Shu
- From the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine (C-CS), College of Medicine, National Taiwan University; Department of Traumatology (C-CS, J-SC); Department of Internal Medicine (C-CS, C-LH, V-CW, J-YW, C-JY, L-NL), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City; Department of Internal Medicine (Y-FW), E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung City; Department of Surgery (C-YL, J-SC), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City; Division of Nephrology (H-HL), Department of Internal Medicine, Hsin-Jen Hospital, New Taipei City; Department of Internal Medicine (F-JY), National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin branch, Yun-Lin County; College of Public Health (H-HL), National Taiwan University; and Department of Laboratory Medicine (L-NL), National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan
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Rockwood N, du Bruyn E, Morris T, Wilkinson RJ. Assessment of treatment response in tuberculosis. Expert Rev Respir Med 2016; 10:643-54. [PMID: 27030924 DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2016.1166960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Antibiotic treatment of tuberculosis has a duration of several months. There is significant variability of the host immune response and the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic properties of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sub-populations at the site of disease. A limitation of sputum-based measures of treatment response may be sub-optimal detection and monitoring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sub-populations. Potential biomarkers and surrogate endpoints should be benchmarked against hard clinical outcomes (failure/relapse/death) and may need tailoring to specific patient populations. Here, we assess the evidence supporting currently utilized and future potential host and pathogen-based models and biomarkers for monitoring treatment response in active and latent tuberculosis. Biomarkers for monitoring treatment response in extrapulmonary, pediatric and drug resistant tuberculosis are research priorities.
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- Neesha Rockwood
- a Department of Medicine , Imperial College London , London , UK.,b Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine , University of Cape Town , Observatory , South Africa
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- b Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine , University of Cape Town , Observatory , South Africa
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- a Department of Medicine , Imperial College London , London , UK
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- a Department of Medicine , Imperial College London , London , UK.,b Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Initiative, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine , University of Cape Town , Observatory , South Africa.,c The Francis Crick Institute Mill Hill Laboratory , London , UK
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Interferon gamma release assays for monitoring the response to treatment for tuberculosis: A systematic review. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2015; 95:639-650. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sharma SK, Sharma A, Kadhiravan T, Tharyan P. Rifamycins (rifampicin, rifabutin and rifapentine) compared to isoniazid for preventing tuberculosis in HIV-negative people at risk of active TB. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 9:169-294. [PMID: 25404581 DOI: 10.1002/ebch.1962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Preventing active tuberculosis (TB) from developing in people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is important for global TB control. Isoniazid (INH) for six to nine months has 60% to 90% protective efficacy, but the treatment period is long, liver toxicity is a problem, and completion rates outside trials are only around 50%. Rifampicin or rifamycin-combination treatments are shorter and may result in higher completion rates. OBJECTIVES To compare the effects of rifampicin monotherapy or rifamycin-combination therapy versus INH monotherapy for preventing active TB in HIV-negative people at risk of developing active TB. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Infectious Disease Group Specialized Register; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL); MEDLINE; EMBASE; LILACS; clinical trials registries; regional databases; conference proceedings; and references, without language restrictions to December 2012; and contacted experts for relevant published, unpublished and ongoing trials. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of HIV-negative adults and children at risk of active TB treated with rifampicin, or rifamycin-combination therapy with or without INH (any dose or duration), compared with INH for six to nine months. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS At least two authors independently screened and selected trials, assessed risk of bias, and extracted data. We sought clarifications from trial authors. We pooled relative risks (RRs) with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs), using a random-effects model if heterogeneity was significant. We assessed overall evidence quality using the GRADE approach. MAIN RESULTS Ten trials are included, enrolling 10,717 adults and children, mostly HIV-negative (2% HIV-positive), with a follow-up period ranging from two to five years. Rifampicin (three/four months) vs. INH (six months) Five trials published between 1992 to 2012 compared these regimens, and one small 1992 trial in adults with silicosis did not detect a difference in the occurrence of TB over five years of follow up (one trial, 312 participants; very low quality evidence). However, more people in these trials completed the shorter course (RR 1.19, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.30; five trials, 1768 participants; moderate quality evidence). Treatment-limiting adverse events were not significantly different (four trials, 1674 participants; very low quality evidence), but rifampicin caused less hepatotoxicity (RR 0.12, 95% CI 0.05 to 0.30; four trials, 1674 participants; moderate quality evidence). Rifampicin plus INH (three months) vs. INH (six months) The 1992 silicosis trial did not detect a difference between people receiving rifampicin plus INH compared to INH alone for occurrence of active TB (one trial, 328 participants; very low quality evidence). Adherence was similar in this and a 1998 trial in people without silicosis (two trials, 524 participants; high quality evidence). No difference was detected for treatment-limiting adverse events (two trials, 536 participants; low quality evidence), or hepatotoxicity (two trials, 536 participants; low quality evidence). Rifampicin plus pyrazinamide (two months) vs. INH (six months) Three small trials published in 1994, 2003, and 2005 compared these two regimens, and two reported a low occurrence of active TB, with no statistically significant differences between treatment regimens (two trials, 176 participants; very low quality evidence) though, apart from one child from the 1994 trial, these data on active TB were from the 2003 trial in adults with silicosis. Adherence with both regimens was low with no statistically significant differences (four trials, 700 participants; very low quality evidence). However, people receiving rifampicin plus pyrazinamide had more treatment-limiting adverse events (RR 3.61, 95% CI 1.82 to 7.19; two trials, 368 participants; high quality evidence), and hepatotoxicity (RR 4.59, 95% 2.14 to 9.85; three trials, 540 participants; moderate quality evidence). Weekly, directly-observed rifapentine plus INH (three months) vs. daily, self-administered INH (nine months) A large trial conducted from 2001 to 2008 among close contacts of TB in the USA, Canada, Brazil and Spain found directly observed weekly treatment to be non-inferior to nine months self-administered INH for the incidence of active TB (0.2% vs 0.4%, RR 0.44, 95% CI 0.18 to 1.07, one trial, 7731 participants; moderate quality evidence). The directly-observed, shorter regimen had higher treatment completion (82% vs 69%, RR 1.19, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.22, moderate quality evidence), and less hepatotoxicity (0.4% versus 2.4%; RR 0.16, 95% CI 0.10 to 0.27; high quality evidence), though treatment-limiting adverse events were more frequent (4.9% versus 3.7%; RR 1.32, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.64 moderate quality evidence) AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Trials to date of shortened prophylactic regimens using rifampicin alone have not demonstrated higher rates of active TB when compared to longer regimens with INH. Treatment completion is probably higher and adverse events may be fewer with shorter rifampicin regimens. Shortened regimens of rifampicin with INH may offer no advantage over longer INH regimens. Rifampicin combined with pyrazinamide is associated with more adverse events. A weekly regimen of rifapentine plus INH has higher completion rates, and less liver toxicity, though treatment discontinuation due to adverse events is probably more likely than with INH.
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- Surendra K Sharma
- Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. ,
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Mthiyane T, Rustomjee R, Pym A, Connolly C, Onyebujoh P, Theron G, Dheda K. Impact of tuberculosis treatment and antiretroviral therapy on serial RD-1-specific quantitative T-cell readouts (QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube), and relationship to treatment-related outcomes and bacterial burden. Int J Infect Dis 2015; 36:46-53. [PMID: 26003404 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The impact of anti-tuberculosis treatment with and without antiretroviral therapy (ART) on standardized interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) readouts has been studied inadequately in high-burden countries. METHODS The QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) test was used to evaluate interferon gamma (IFN-γ) responses longitudinally (0, 3, 6, and 12 months post initiation of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV co-treatment or ART alone) in 82 HIV-infected patients. RESULTS Of the 65 evaluable participants, 30 were co-infected on ART, 17 were co-infected but not on ART, and 18 were HIV-infected alone and on ART. In HIV-infected and HIV-TB-infected patients on ART, IFN-γ responses increased, whilst they decreased in those not on ART. However, baseline, month 3, and month 6 IFN-γ responses, irrespective of ART, did not differ in TB-HIV co-infected patients who culture-converted compared to those who did not (1.25 vs. 1.05, p=0.5 at baseline; 3.76 vs. 1.15, p=0.2 for month 3; 0.06 vs. 0.7, p=0.3 for month 6). IFN-γ levels did not correlate with the magnitude of sputum bacillary load, smear status, or liquid culture time-to-positivity. CONCLUSION As IGRAs do not correlate with 2- or 6-month culture conversion or with markers of bacillary burden, they are unlikely to be useful for the prognostication of treatment outcome in co-infected patients.
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- Thuli Mthiyane
- South African Medical Research Council, Parow Valley, Cape Town, South Africa
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- South African Medical Research Council, Parow Valley, Cape Town, South Africa
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- KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH), Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, Durban, South Africa
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- South African Medical Research Council, Biostatistics Department, Durban, South Africa
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- World Health Organization/Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical diseases (TDR), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, J flr, Old Main Bldg, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa
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- Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, J flr, Old Main Bldg, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa.
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Shu CC, Hsu CL, Lee CY, Wang JY, Wu VC, Yang FJ, Wang JT, Yu CJ, Lee LN. Comparison of the Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Non-Dialysis Patients with Severe Chronic Kidney Disease, Patients Receiving Dialysis, and the Dialysis-Unit Staff: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124104. [PMID: 25919813 PMCID: PMC4412816 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background Patients with renal failure are vulnerable to tuberculosis, a common worldwide infectious disease. In the growing dialysis population, the risk for tuberculosis among the associated sub-groups is important but unclear. This study investigated latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in patients with severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) and among dialysis-unit staff caring for patients on dialysis. Methods From January 2012 to June 2013, patients undergoing dialysis, those with severe CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate <30ml/min/1.73 m2), and the dialysis-unit staff (nursing staff and doctors in hemodialysis units) in several Taiwan hospitals were prospectively enrolled. Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) through QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube was used to determine LTBI. Predictors for LTBI were analyzed. Results Of the 599 participants enrolled, 106 (25%) in the dialysis group were IGRA positive. This was higher than the seven (11%) among severe CKD patients and 12 (11%) in the dialysis-unit staff. Independent predictors of LTBI in patient with renal dysfunction were old age (odds ratio [OR]: 1.03 [1.01–1.04] per year increment), prior TB lesion on chest radiograph (OR: 2.90 [1.45–5.83]), serum albumin (OR: 2.59 [1.63–4.11] per 1 g/dl increment), and need for dialysis (OR: 2.47, [1.02–5.95]). The QFT-GIT response was similar among the three groups. Malignancy (OR: 4.91 [1.84–13.10]) and low serum albumin level (OR: 0.22 [0.10–0.51], per 1 g/dl decrease) were associated with indeterminate IGRA results. Conclusions More patients on dialysis have LTBI compared to those with severe CKD and the dialysis-unit staff. Old age, prior radiographic TB lesion, high serum albumin, and need for dialysis are predictors of LTBI in patients with renal failure. Patients with severe CKD are a lower priority for LTBI screening. The hemodialysis environment is not a risk for LTBI and dialysis-unit staff may be treated as general healthcare workers.
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- Chin-Chung Shu
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin County, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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Wergeland I, Pullar N, Assmus J, Ueland T, Tonby K, Feruglio S, Kvale D, Damås JK, Aukrust P, Mollnes TE, Dyrhol-Riise AM. IP-10 differentiates between active and latent tuberculosis irrespective of HIV status and declines during therapy. J Infect 2015; 70:381-91. [PMID: 25597826 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Revised: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Biomarkers for diagnosis and therapy efficacy in tuberculosis (TB) are requested. We have studied biomarkers that may differentiate between active and latent TB infection (LTBI), the influence of HIV infection and changes during anti-TB chemotherapy. METHODS Thirty-eight plasma cytokines, assessed by multiplex and enzyme immunoassays, were analyzed in patients with active TB before and during 24 weeks of anti-TB chemotherapy (n = 65), from individuals with LTBI (n = 34) and from QuantiFERON-TB (QFT) negative controls (n = 65). The study participants were grouped according to HIV status. RESULTS Plasma levels of the CXC chemokine IP-10 and soluble TNF receptor type 2 (sTNFr2) significantly differentiated active TB from the LTBI group, irrespective of HIV status. In the HIV-infected group the sensitivity and specificity was 100% for IP-10 with a cut-off of 2547 pg/mL. Plasma IP-10 declined gradually during anti-TB chemotherapy (12-24 weeks, p = 0.002) to a level comparable to LTBI and QFT negative control groups. sTNFr2 fluctuated throughout therapy, but was decreased after 12-24 weeks (p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS IP-10 distinguished with high accuracy active TB from LTBI irrespective of HIV infection and declined during anti-TB chemotherapy. Plasma IP-10 may serve as a diagnostic biomarker to differentiate between the stages of TB infection and for monitoring therapy efficacy.
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- I Wergeland
- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section for Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Northern Norway, N-9038 Tromsø, Norway; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Center for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine and K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, N-0424 Oslo, Norway; Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, N-0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine and K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, N-0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine and K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, N-0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine and K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, N-0424 Oslo, Norway; Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, N-0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Department of Infectious Diseases, St Olav's Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine and K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, N-0424 Oslo, Norway; Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, N-0424 Oslo, Norway; Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, N-0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine and K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, N-0424 Oslo, Norway; Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Research Laboratory, Nordland Hospital, Bodø, and Faculty of Health Sciences, K.G. Jebsen TREC, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, N-5021 Bergen, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine and K.G. Jebsen IRC, University of Oslo, N-0424 Oslo, Norway; Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, N-0424 Oslo, Norway.
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Quantiferon-TB Gold: performance for ruling out active tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults with high CD4 count in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107245. [PMID: 25330161 PMCID: PMC4199568 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Objective To assess the performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) test for active tuberculosis (TB) in HIV adults, and its variation over time in patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and/or isoniazide preventive therapy (IPT). Methods Transversal study and cohort nested in the Temprano ANRS 12136 randomized controlled trial assessing benefits of initiating ART earlier than currently recommended by World Health Organization, with or without a 6-month IPT. Performance of QFT-GIT for detecting active TB at baseline in the first 50% participants, and 12-month incidence of conversion/reversion in the first 25% participants were assessed. QFT-GIT threshold for positivity was 0.35 IU/ml. Results Among the 975 first participants (median baseline CD4 count 383/mm3, positive QFT-GIT test 35%), 2.7% had active TB at baseline. QFT-GIT sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value for active TB were 88.0%, 66.6%, 6.5% and 99.5%. For the 444 patients with a second test at 12 months, rates for conversion and reversion were 9.3% and 14%. Reversion was more frequent in patients without ART and younger patients. IPT and early ART were not associated with reversion/conversion. Conclusion A negative QFT-GIT could rule out active TB in HIV-infected adults not severely immunosuppressed, thus avoiding repeated TB testing and accelerating diagnosis and care for other diseases. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00495651.
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Seo KW, Ahn JJ, Ra SW, Kwon WJ, Jegal Y. Persistently retained interferon-gamma responsiveness in individuals with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis. TOHOKU J EXP MED 2014; 233:123-8. [PMID: 24881649 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.233.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The interferon gamma (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRAs) are the best method of detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. However, reports on IGRAs results obtained during and right after the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) have presented differing results. Some studies have shown declining responses, whereas other reports described persistent, fluctuating, or increasing responses. We postulated that the IGRA-positivity will decrease or revert long time after treatment of TB, and thus, evaluated the response of IGRA in subjects with a history of pulmonary TB. Seventy subjects (M:F = 51:19; age = 53.2 ± 11.8 years) underwent tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) and IGRA. The interval of time elapsed after the completion of anti-TB treatment was < 10 years for 16 subjects, 10-20 years for 13 subjects, 20-30 years for 16 subjects, and ≥ 30 years for 25 subjects. The TST was positive in 49 subjects (74%) and negative in 17 subjects (26%). The IGRA was positive in 52 subjects (74%) and negative in 18 subjects (26%). The IFN-γ level and the size of induration showed good correlation (r = 0.525, P < 0.001). However, the correlation between time elapsed after the completion of anti-TB treatment and the size of induration or that between time and the IFN-γ level was not significant. The TST and IGRA were positive in 72.7% and 68.0% of subjects ≥ 30 years after the treatment of pulmonary TB. In conclusion, majority of subjects with a history of pulmonary TB are IGRA-positive, even a few decades after the completion of anti-TB treatment.
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- Kwang Won Seo
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine
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O'Shea MK, Fletcher TE, Beeching NJ, Dedicoat M, Spence D, McShane H, Cunningham AF, Wilson D. Tuberculin skin testing and treatment modulates interferon-gamma release assay results for latent tuberculosis in migrants. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97366. [PMID: 24816576 PMCID: PMC4016319 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Identifying latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in people migrating from TB endemic regions to low incidence countries is an important control measure. However, no prospective longitudinal comparisons between diagnostic tests used in such migrant populations are available. Objectives To compare commercial interferon (IFN)-gamma release assays (IGRAs) and the tuberculin skin test (TST) for diagnosing LTBI in a migrant population, and the influence of antecedent TST and LTBI treatment on IGRA performance. Materials and Methods This cohort study, performed from February to September 2012, assessed longitudinal IGRA and TST responses in Nepalese military recruits recently arrived in the UK. Concomitant T-SPOT.TB, QFT-GIT and TST were performed on day 0, with IGRAs repeated 7 and 200 days later, following treatment for LTBI if necessary. Results 166 Nepalese recruits were prospectively assessed. At entry, 21 individuals were positive by T-SPOT.TB and 8 individuals by QFT-GIT. There was substantial agreement between TST and T-SPOT.TB positives at baseline (71.4% agreement; κ = 0.62; 95% CI:0.44–0.79), but only moderate concordance between positive IGRAs (38.1% agreement; κ = 0.46; 95% CI:0.25–0.67). When reassessed 7 days following TST, numbers of IGRA-positive individuals changed from 8 to 23 for QFT-GIT (p = 0.0074) and from 21 to 23 for T-SPOT.TB (p = 0.87). This resulted in an increase in IGRA concordance to substantial (64.3% agreement; κ = 0.73; 95% CI:0.58-0.88). Thus, in total on day 0 and day 7 after testing, 29 out of 166 participants (17.5%) provided a positive IGRA and of these 13 were TST negative. Two hundred days after the study commenced and three months after treatment for LTBI was completed by those who were given chemoprophylaxis, 23 and 21 participants were positive by T-SPOT.TB or QFT-GIT respectively. When individual responses were examined longitudinally within this population 35% of the day 7 QFT-GIT-positive, and 19% T-SPOT.TB-positive individuals, were negative by IGRA. When the change in the levels of secreted IFN-γ was examined after chemoprophylaxis the median levels were found to have fallen dramatically by 77.3% from a pre-treatment median concentration of IFN-γ 2.73 IU/ml to a post-treatment median concentration IFN-γ 0.62 (p = 0.0002). Conclusions This study suggests differences in the capacity of commercially available IGRAs to identify LTBI in the absence of antecedent TST and that IGRAs, in the time periods examined, may not be the optimal tests to determine the success of chemoprophylaxis for LTBI.
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- Matthew K. O'Shea
- The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- School of Immunity and Infection, MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, United Kingdom
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- The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- School of Immunity and Infection, MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Academia and Research), Joint Medical Command, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Gebreegziabiher D, Desta K, Howe R, Abebe M. Helminth infection increases the probability of indeterminate QuantiFERON gold in tube results in pregnant women. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:364137. [PMID: 24701572 PMCID: PMC3950403 DOI: 10.1155/2014/364137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Approximately one-third of the world population is infected with M. tuberculosis and helminths (Kariminia et al. (2009), Walson et al. (2010)). Pregnancy and Helminth infection are known to suppress the TH1 response (Kariminia et al. (2009), Elias et al. (2006)) on which the QuantiFERON Gold in Tube (QFT-GIT) assay, that measures the released IFN-γ upon in vitro stimulation with mycobacterial antigens, relies on (Thomas et al. (2010)). OBJECTIVE To determine whether QFT-GIT indeterminate result is significantly associated with helminth infection or not. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, eighty-five pregnant mothers were screened for parasitic and LTBI using Kato-Katz and QFT-GIT test-respectively, RESULT The prevalence of helminth infection in pregnant mothers was 23 (27%) of this 17 (20%) was due to Schistosoma mansoni. Among the total of 85 study participants 26.8% were QFT-GIT positive and 14 (17%) had indeterminate results. Three samples (21.4%) were randomly selected from the indeterminate QFT-GIT results and retested to check the reproducibility of the assay and remained indeterminate. QFT-GIT indeterminate result showed significant association with helminth infection. CONCLUSION Helminth infections were significantly associated with indeterminate QFT-GIT results in pregnant mothers. Therefore further study is important to evaluate the possible effect of helminth infection by excluding the effect of pregnancy, as pregnancy also downregulates cellular immunity.
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- Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Shu CC, Wu VC, Yang FJ, Hsu CL, Pan SC, Wang JY, Wang JT, Yu CJ, Lee LN. Dynamic changes in positive interferon-gamma release assay in a dialysis population: An observational cohort study. J Infect 2013; 67:529-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Revised: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Heavey E. Does the BCG vaccine protect against TB? Nursing 2013; 43:62. [PMID: 24045825 DOI: 10.1097/01.nurse.0000434059.21998.2b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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- Elizabeth Heavey
- Elizabeth Heavey is the RN-BSN program director and an associate professor of nursing at The College at Brockport, State University of New York, in Brockport, N.Y. Dr. Heavey is also a member of the editorial board of Nursing2013
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Huang W, Qi Y, Ren C, Wen H, Franken KLMC, Ottenhoff THM, Shen J. Interferon-γ responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rpf proteins in contact investigation. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2013; 93:612-7. [PMID: 24053975 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Revised: 07/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/11/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Resuscitation-promoting factor proteins (Rpf) induce stronger T-cell responses in latently infected individuals (LTBI) than in pulmonary tuberculosis patients (PTB), but there are scarce data concerning the responses to Rpf among LTBI with different contact levels. We therefore enrolled LTBI individuals infected through household contacts with PTB as well as people with community exposure who were determined to be LTBI through Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRAs) and TB antibodies test, and we studied interferon-gamma responses to Rv0867c and Rv2389c which demonstrated the highest recognition of all Rpfs. The results demonstrated that LTBI infected through household contacts possessed higher interferon-gamma production and higher frequencies of CD4(+)IFN-γ(+) T-cells to Rv0867c and Rv2389c than did the community exposed individuals. These findings suggest that the interferon-gamma response to Rv0867c and Rv2389c may help to distinguish LTBI caused by different levels of exposure to M. tuberculosis.
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- Wei Huang
- Department of Immunology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, PR China; Hefei First People's Hospital, Hefei, Anhui 230061, PR China
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Feruglio SL, Trøseid M, Damås JK, Kvale D, Dyrhol-Riise AM. Soluble markers of the Toll-like receptor 4 pathway differentiate between active and latent tuberculosis and are associated with treatment responses. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69896. [PMID: 23875007 PMCID: PMC3713063 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Biomarkers to differentiate between active tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB infection (LTBI) and to monitor treatment responses are requested to complement TB diagnostics and control, particularly in patients with multi-drug resistant TB. We have studied soluble markers of the Toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR-4) pathway in various stages of TB disease and during anti-TB treatment. METHODS Plasma samples from patients with culture confirmed drug-sensitive TB (n = 19) were collected before and after 2, 8 and 24 weeks of efficient anti-TB treatment and in a LTBI group (n = 6). Soluble (s) CD14 and myeloid differentiation-2 (MD-2) were analyzed by the Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was analyzed by the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate colorimetric assay. Nonparametric statistics were applied. RESULTS Plasma levels of sCD14 (p<0.001), MD-2 (p = 0.036) and LPS (p = 0.069) were elevated at baseline in patients with untreated active TB compared to the LTBI group. MD-2 concentrations decreased after 2 weeks of treatment (p = 0.011), while LPS levels decreased after 8 weeks (p = 0.005). In contrast, sCD14 levels increased after 2 weeks (p = 0.047) with a subsequent modest decrease throughout the treatment period. There was no significant difference in concentrations of any of these markers between patients with pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB or between patients with or without symptoms. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that plasma levels of LPS, MD-2 and sCD14 can discriminate between active TB and LTBI. A decline in LPS and MD-2 concentrations was associated with response to anti-TB treatment. The clinical potential of these soluble TLR-4 pathway proteins needs to be further explored.
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- Siri L. Feruglio
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
- Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Sharma SK, Sharma A, Kadhiravan T, Tharyan P. Rifamycins (rifampicin, rifabutin and rifapentine) compared to isoniazid for preventing tuberculosis in HIV-negative people at risk of active TB. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013; 2013:CD007545. [PMID: 23828580 PMCID: PMC6532682 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007545.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Preventing active tuberculosis (TB) from developing in people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is important for global TB control. Isoniazid (INH) for six to nine months has 60% to 90% protective efficacy, but the treatment period is long, liver toxicity is a problem, and completion rates outside trials are only around 50%. Rifampicin or rifamycin-combination treatments are shorter and may result in higher completion rates. OBJECTIVES To compare the effects of rifampicin monotherapy or rifamycin-combination therapy versus INH monotherapy for preventing active TB in HIV-negative people at risk of developing active TB. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Infectious Disease Group Specialized Register; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL); MEDLINE; EMBASE; LILACS; clinical trials registries; regional databases; conference proceedings; and references, without language restrictions to December 2012; and contacted experts for relevant published, unpublished and ongoing trials. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of HIV-negative adults and children at risk of active TB treated with rifampicin, or rifamycin-combination therapy with or without INH (any dose or duration), compared with INH for six to nine months. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS At least two authors independently screened and selected trials, assessed risk of bias, and extracted data. We sought clarifications from trial authors. We pooled relative risks (RRs) with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs), using a random-effects model if heterogeneity was significant. We assessed overall evidence quality using the GRADE approach. MAIN RESULTS Ten trials are included, enrolling 10,717 adults and children, mostly HIV-negative (2% HIV-positive), with a follow-up period ranging from two to five years. Rifampicin (three/four months) vs. INH (six months)Five trials published between 1992 to 2012 compared these regimens, and one small 1992 trial in adults with silicosis did not detect a difference in the occurrence of TB over five years of follow up (one trial, 312 participants; very low quality evidence). However, more people in these trials completed the shorter course (RR 1.19, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.30; five trials, 1768 participants; moderate quality evidence). Treatment-limiting adverse events were not significantly different (four trials, 1674 participants; very low quality evidence), but rifampicin caused less hepatotoxicity (RR 0.12, 95% CI 0.05 to 0.30; four trials, 1674 participants; moderate quality evidence). Rifampicin plus INH (three months) vs. INH (six months)The 1992 silicosis trial did not detect a difference between people receiving rifampicin plus INH compared to INH alone for occurrence of active TB (one trial, 328 participants; very low quality evidence). Adherence was similar in this and a 1998 trial in people without silicosis (two trials, 524 participants; high quality evidence). No difference was detected for treatment-limiting adverse events (two trials, 536 participants; low quality evidence), or hepatotoxicity (two trials, 536 participants; low quality evidence). Rifampicin plus pyrazinamide (two months) vs. INH (six months)Three small trials published in 1994, 2003, and 2005 compared these two regimens, and two reported a low occurrence of active TB, with no statistically significant differences between treatment regimens (two trials, 176 participants; very low quality evidence) though, apart from one child from the 1994 trial, these data on active TB were from the 2003 trial in adults with silicosis. Adherence with both regimens was low with no statistically significant differences (four trials, 700 participants; very low quality evidence). However, people receiving rifampicin plus pyrazinamide had more treatment-limiting adverse events (RR 3.61, 95% CI 1.82 to 7.19; two trials, 368 participants; high quality evidence), and hepatotoxicity (RR 4.59, 95% 2.14 to 9.85; three trials, 540 participants; moderate quality evidence). Weekly, directly-observed rifapentine plus INH (three months) vs. daily, self-administered INH (nine months)A large trial conducted from 2001 to 2008 among close contacts of TB in the USA, Canada, Brazil and Spain found directly observed weekly treatment to be non-inferior to nine months self-administered INH for the incidence of active TB (0.2% vs 0.4%, RR 0.44, 95% CI 0.18 to 1.07, one trial, 7731 participants; moderate quality evidence). The directly-observed, shorter regimen had higher treatment completion (82% vs 69%, RR 1.19, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.22, moderate quality evidence), and less hepatotoxicity (0.4% versus 2.4%; RR 0.16, 95% CI 0.10 to 0.27; high quality evidence), though treatment-limiting adverse events were more frequent (4.9% versus 3.7%; RR 1.32, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.64 moderate quality evidence) AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Trials to date of shortened prophylactic regimens using rifampicin alone have not demonstrated higher rates of active TB when compared to longer regimens with INH. Treatment completion is probably higher and adverse events may be fewer with shorter rifampicin regimens. Shortened regimens of rifampicin with INH may offer no advantage over longer INH regimens. Rifampicin combined with pyrazinamide is associated with more adverse events. A weekly regimen of rifapentine plus INH has higher completion rates, and less liver toxicity, though treatment discontinuation due to adverse events is probably more likely than with INH.
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- Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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Radiologic Responses in Cynomolgus Macaques for Assessing Tuberculosis Chemotherapy Regimens. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 57:4237-4244. [PMID: 23796926 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00277-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Trials to test new drugs currently in development against tuberculosis in humans are impractical. All animal models to prioritize new regimens are imperfect, but nonhuman primates (NHPs) infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis develop active tuberculosis (TB) disease with a full spectrum of lesion types seen in humans. Serial 2-deoxy-2-[18F]-fluoro-d-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) with computed tomography (CT) imaging was performed on cynomolgus macaques during infection and chemotherapy with individual agents or the four-drug combination therapy most widely used globally. The size and metabolic activity of lung granulomas varied among animals and even within a single animal during development of disease. Individual granulomas within untreated animals had highly local and independent outcomes, some progressing in size and FDG uptake, while others waned, illustrating the highly dynamic nature of active TB. At necropsy, even untreated animals were found to have a proportion of sterile lesions consistent with the dynamics of this infection. A more marked reduction in overall metabolic activity in the lungs (decreased FDG uptake) was associated with effective treatment. A reduction in the size of individual lesions correlated with a lower bacterial burden at necropsy. Isoniazid treatment was associated with a transient increase in metabolic activity in individual lesions, whereas a net reduction occurred in most lesions from rifampin-treated animals. Quadruple-drug therapy resulted in the highest decrease in FDG uptake. The findings of PET-CT imaging may provide an important early correlate of the efficacy of novel combinations of new drugs that can be directly translated to human clinical trials.
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Al Jahdhami I. Latent tuberculosis in healthcare workers: time to act. Oman Med J 2013; 28:146-8. [PMID: 23599888 DOI: 10.5001/omj.2013.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2012] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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- Issa Al Jahdhami
- Senior Consultant, Chest Physician. Armed Forces Hospital, Department of Medicine, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, PO Box 282 PC 124
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Gran G, Aßmus J, Dyrhol-Riise AM. Screening for latent tuberculosis in Norwegian health care workers: high frequency of discordant tuberculin skin test positive and interferon-gamma release assay negative results. BMC Public Health 2013; 13:353. [PMID: 23590619 PMCID: PMC3637593 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Tuberculosis (TB) presents globally a significant health problem and health care workers (HCW) are at increased risk of contracting TB infection. There is no diagnostic gold standard for latent TB infection (LTBI), but both blood based interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) and the tuberculin skin test (TST) are used. According to the national guidelines, HCW who have been exposed for TB should be screened and offered preventive anti-TB chemotherapy, but the role of IGRA in HCW screening is still unclear. Methods A total of 387 HCW working in clinical and laboratory departments in three major hospitals in the Western region of Norway with possible exposure to TB were included in a cross-sectional study. The HCW were asked for risk factors for TB and tested with TST and the QuantiFERON®TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT). A logistic regression model analyzed the associations between risk factors for TB and positive QFT or TST. Results A total of 13 (3.4%) demonstrated a persistent positive QFT, whereas 214 (55.3%) had a positive TST (≥ 6 mm) and 53 (13.7%) a TST ≥ 15 mm. Only ten (4.7%) of the HCW with a positive TST were QFT positive. Origin from a TB-endemic country was the only risk factor associated with a positive QFT (OR 14.13, 95% CI 1.37 - 145.38, p = 0.026), whereas there was no significant association between risk factors for TB and TST ≥ 15 mm. The five HCW with an initial positive QFT that retested negative all had low interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) responses below 0.70 IU/ml when first tested. Conclusions We demonstrate a low prevalence of LTBI in HCW working in hospitals with TB patients in our region. The “IGRA-only” seems like a desirable screening strategy despite its limitations in serial testing, due to the high numbers of discordant TST positive/IGRA negative results in HCW, probably caused by BCG vaccination or boosting due to repetitive TST testing. Thus, guidelines for TB screening in HCW should be updated in order to secure accurate diagnosis of LTBI and offer proper treatment and follow-up.
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Bartalesi F, Goletti D, Spinicci M, Cavallo A, Attala L, Mencarini J, Fiori G, Li Gobbi F, Mantella A, Benucci M, Prignano F, Pimpinelli N, Matucci Cerinic M, Girardi E, Bartoloni A. Serial QuantiFERON TB-Gold in-tube testing during LTBI therapy in candidates for TNFi treatment. J Infect 2013; 66:346-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2012] [Revised: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Trajman A, Steffen RE, Menzies D. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays versus Tuberculin Skin Testing for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Overview of the Evidence. Pulm Med 2013; 2013:601737. [PMID: 23476763 PMCID: PMC3582085 DOI: 10.1155/2013/601737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A profusion of articles have been published on the accuracy and uses of interferon-gamma releasing assays. Here we review the clinical applications, advantages, and limitations of the tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assays and provide an overview of the most recent systematic reviews conducted for different indications for the use of these tests. We conclude that both tests are accurate to detect latent tuberculosis, although interferon-gamma release assays have higher specificity than tuberculin skin testing in BCG-vaccinated populations, particularly if BCG is received after infancy. However, both tests perform poorly to predict risk for progression to active tuberculosis. Interferon-gamma release assays have significant limitations in serial testing because of spontaneous variability and lack of a validated definition of conversion and reversion, making it difficult for clinicians to interpret changes in category (conversions and reversions). So far, the most important clinical evidence, that is, that isoniazid preventive therapy reduces the risk for progression to disease, has been produced only in tuberculin skin test-positive individuals.
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- A. Trajman
- Gama Filho University, 20740-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H2X 2P4
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- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-913 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H2X 2P4
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Maas M, Michel AL, Rutten VPMG. Facts and dilemmas in diagnosis of tuberculosis in wildlife. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2012; 36:269-85. [PMID: 23218541 DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Revised: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mycobacterium bovis, causing bovine tuberculosis (BTB), has been recognized as a global threat at the wildlife-livestock-human interface, a clear "One Health" issue. Several wildlife species have been identified as maintenance hosts. Spillover of infection from these species to livestock or other wildlife species may have economic and conservation implications and infection of humans causes public health concerns, especially in developing countries. Most BTB management strategies rely on BTB testing, which can be performed for a range of purposes, from disease surveillance to diagnosing individual infected animals. New diagnostic assays are being developed for selected wildlife species. This review investigates the most frequent objectives and associated requirements for testing wildlife for tuberculosis at the level of individual animals as well as small and large populations. By aligning those with the available (immunological) ante mortem diagnostic assays, the practical challenges and limitations wildlife managers and researchers are currently faced with are highlighted.
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 7, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Papay P, Primas C, Eser A, Novacek G, Winkler S, Frantal S, Angelberger S, Mikulits A, Dejaco C, Kazemi-Shirazi L, Vogelsang H, Reinisch W. Retesting for latent tuberculosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease treated with TNF-α inhibitors. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2012; 36:858-65. [PMID: 22978645 DOI: 10.1111/apt.12037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2012] [Revised: 05/26/2012] [Accepted: 08/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients treated with TNF-α inhibitors (TNFi) are at high risk of reactivation of latent tuberculosis (LTB). Prospective studies on monitoring of TB reactivation and/or infection in this risk group are lacking. AIM To test the conversion and reversion rate of screening tests for latent TB serial tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) under ongoing TNFi therapy. METHODS We retested consecutive patients with IBD receiving TNFi therapy for a minimum of 5 months for LTB using IGRA and TST. A detailed patient history and concomitant therapy were recorded for each subject. RESULTS After a median of 34.9 weeks (20.7–177.7), IGRA was retested in 184/227 patients (81.1%; Crohn's disease n = 139, ulcerative colitis n = 45) still under index TNFi. TST was available in 144/184 subjects (78.2%). The majority of patients were TNFi naïve (147/184, 79.9%). In a subgroup of patients who received isoniazid due to diagnosis of latent TB at baseline (n = 32), 6/13 patients (46.2%) with baseline positive IGRA and 3/22 patients (13.6%) with baseline positive TST reverted to negative at retesting. In patients without diagnosis of LTB at baseline no permanent IGRA conversion was observed, but there were 6/144 (4.2%) TST conversions from negative to positive. No single case of TB reactivation or infection was recorded during the observation period. CONCLUSIONS During treatment TNF-α inhibitors conversion was observed for tuberculin skin test, but not interferon-γ release assay. As compared with tuberculin skin test, interferon-γ release assay reverted in nearly half of isoniazid-treated patients for latent tuberculosis. However, the fact that patients in whom the interferon-γ release assay test result remained positive did not develop active tuberculosis during follow-up questions the utility of interferon-γ release assay as a monitoring tool during chemoprevention.
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- P Papay
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Serial T-SPOT.TB and quantiFERON-TB-Gold In-Tube assays to monitor response to antitubercular treatment in Italian children with active or latent tuberculosis infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2012; 31:974-7. [PMID: 22572749 DOI: 10.1097/inf.0b013e31825d0d67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We performed a prospective study to investigate T-SPOT.TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-G-IT) dynamics during antitubercular treatment in active tuberculosis (TB) or latent TB. Eighteen children with latent TB and 26 with TB were enrolled. At 6 months of follow-up reversion rate was 5.88% (95% CI:0-13.79) for QFT-G-IT; 9.09% (95% CI:0.59-17.58) for T-SPOT.TB (P=0.921) in TB cases. Significant decline in quantitative response was observed exclusively in TB cases. Our results suggest that serial IGRA have limited use in children receiving antitubercular treatment.
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Shu CC, Wu VC, Yang FJ, Pan SC, Lai TS, Wang JY, Wang JT, Lee LN. Predictors and prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. PLoS One 2012; 7:e42592. [PMID: 22916137 PMCID: PMC3423405 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease in long-term dialysis patients. The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in this population is unclear, particularly in those receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study investigated the prevalence of LTBI in patients receiving either hemodialysis (HD) or PD to determine predictors of LTBI and indeterminate results of interferon-gamma release assay. Methods Patients receiving long-term (≥3 months) HD or PD from March 2011 to February 2012 in two medical centers were prospectively enrolled. QuantiFERON-Gold in tube (QFT) test was used to determine the status of LTBI after excluding active tuberculosis. The LTBI prevalence was determined in patients receiving different dialysis modes to obtain predictors of LTBI and QFT-indeterminate results. Results Of 427 patients enrolled (124 PD and 303 HD), 91 (21.3%) were QFT-positive, 316 (74.0%) QFT-negative, and 20 (4.7%) QFT-indeterminate. The prevalence of LTBI was similar in the PD and HD groups. Independent predictors of LTBI were old age (OR: 1.034 [1.013–1.056] per year increment), TB history (OR: 6.467 [1.985–21.066]), and current smoker (OR: 2.675 [1.061–6.747]). Factors associated with indeterminate QFT results were HD (OR: 10.535 [1.336–83.093]), dialysis duration (OR: 1.113 [1.015–1.221] per year increment), anemia (OR: 8.760 [1.014–75.651]), and serum albumin level (OR: 0.244 [0.086–0.693] per 1 g/dL increment). Conclusion More than one-fifth of dialysis patients have LTBI. The LTBI prevalence is similar in PD and HD patients but is higher in the elderly, current smokers, and those with prior TB history. Such patients require closer follow-up. Repeated or alternative test may be required for malnutrition patients who received long length of HD.
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- Chin-Chung Shu
- Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
- College of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- College of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin County, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- College of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- College of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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Tuberculosis is still one of the major global public health threats. Countries with low incidence must focus on exhausting the reservoir of future cases by preventing reactivation. Therefore, it is important to identify and effectively treat those individuals who have latent tuberculosis infection and who may develop active disease. The tuberculin skin test has been the standard for detection of immune response against M. tuberculosis since the beginning of the 20th century. The new millennium has brought advancement in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection. The name of the new blood test is interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA). Croatia is a middle-incidence country with a long decreasing trend and developed tuberculosis control. To reach low incidence and finally eliminate tuberculosis, its tuberculosis programme needs a more aggressive approach that would include intensive contact investigation and treatment of persons with latent tuberculosis infection. This article discusses the current uses of IGRA and its role in tuberculosis control.
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Evaluation of interferon-gamma release assays for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: an updated meta-analysis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2012; 31:3127-37. [PMID: 22833244 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1674-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The objective of this investigation was to systematically evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) for tuberculosis disease. Both English and Chinese databases were searched for relevant articles through January 2012. We included studies that were restricted to diagnostic applications of IGRAs in patients with active tuberculosis and excluded studies performed in the immune-compromised population. We used Meta-DiSc software to handle the data. We calculated the sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), and 95 % confidence interval (CI) for each study. We also calculated the pooled sensitivity, specificity, PLR, NLR, DOR, and produced forest plots and summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curves. A total of 61 papers (73 studies) were eligible for meta-analysis, including 36 published in English and 25 published in the Chinese language. The overall sensitivity, specificity, PLR, NLR, DOR, and 95 % CI of IGRAs were 0.85 (95 % CI: 0.84-0.86), 0.84 (95 % CI: 0.83-0.85), 7.82 (95 % CI: 6.01-10.19), 0.17 (95 % CI: 0.14-0.21), and 59.27 (95 % CI: 40.19-87.42), respectively. For ten studies evaluating T-SPOT.TB in China, the combined sensitivity, specificity, PLR, NLR, DOR, and 95 % CI were 0.88 (95 % CI: 0.86-0.91), 0.89 (95 % CI: 0.86-0.92), 8.86 (95 % CI: 5.42-14.46), 0.13 (95 % CI: 0.10-0.17), and 88.15 (95 % CI: 41.76-186.07), respectively. The SROC area under the curve (AUC) was 0.9548 (95 % CI: 0.9323-0.9773). Though IGRAs showed good sensitivity and specificity for the detection of tuberculosis in this meta-analysis, the decision to use an IGRA should be based on the local prevalence of the disease and the country guidelines, as well as resources and logistical considerations.
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Jeong YJ, Yoon S, Koo HK, Lim HJ, Lee JS, Lee SM, Yang SC, Yoo CG, Kim YW, Han SK, Yim JJ. Positive tuberculin skin test or interferon-gamma release assay in patients with radiographic lesion suggesting old healed tuberculosis. J Korean Med Sci 2012; 27:761-6. [PMID: 22787371 PMCID: PMC3390724 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2012.27.7.761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Radiographic lesions suggesting old healed tuberculosis (TB) is considered a risk factor for the subsequent development of active TB. The aim of this study was to estimate the positive rates of tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) in persons with old healed TB. Participants with lesions suggesting old healed TB on chest images and controls without such lesions were prospectively enrolled between January 1, 2010, and January 31, 2011. TST and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT) were performed. In total, 193 participants with old healed TB and 126 controls were recruited. The rates of positive TST and QFT-GIT among patients with old healed TB were 54.6% and 77.7%, respectively. The rates of positive TST and QFT-GIT among patients without old healed TB were 38.9% and 61.9%. Sixteen percent of participants with old healed TB showed negative results by both TST and QFT-GIT. The positive rate of TST waned among participants with old healed TB who were older than 60 yr, whereas QFT-GIT positivity was unaffected by age. The positive rates of TST and IGRA among participants with radiographic lesions suggesting old healed TB was higher than without those lesions. In addition, IGRA may be more accurate than TST for the detection of latent TB infection, especially in populations of individuals older than 60 yr.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Mehta PK, Raj A, Singh N, Khuller GK. Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by PCR. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 66:20-36. [PMID: 22574812 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2012.00987.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2012] [Revised: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 05/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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During the last two decades, the resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) has been documented in both developed and developing nations, and much of this increase in TB burden coincided with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics. Since then, the disease pattern has changed with a higher incidence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) as well as disseminated TB. EPTB cases include TB lymphadenitis, pleural TB, TB meningitis, osteoarticular TB, genitourinary TB, abdominal TB, cutaneous TB, ocular TB, TB pericarditis and breast TB, although any organ can be involved. Diagnosis of EPTB can be baffling, compelling a high index of suspicion owing to paucibacillary load in the biological specimens. A negative smear for acid-fast bacilli, lack of granulomas on histopathology and failure to culture Mycobacterium tuberculosis do not exclude the diagnosis of EPTB. Novel diagnostic modalities such as nucleic acid amplification (NAA) can be useful in varied forms of EPTB. This review is primarily focused on the diagnosis of several clinical forms of EPTB by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using different gene targets.
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- Promod K Mehta
- Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
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Serial interferon-gamma release assays after chemoprophylaxis in a tuberculosis outbreak cohort. Infection 2012; 40:431-5. [PMID: 22585454 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0265-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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PURPOSE Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) results have been suggested as a surrogate marker of treatment response in latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). However, data have not been consistent, and most previous studies focused on participants taking isoniazid prophylaxis. The aim of this study was to elucidate the changes in the IGRA results in patients who underwent chemoprophylaxis with isoniazid and rifampicin daily for 3 months. METHODS In a TB outbreak cohort, 26 asymptomatic close contacts with normal chest radiographs and positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay (QFT-GIT) results were recruited. These patients were treated with isoniazid and rifampicin daily for 3 months. The QFT-GIT was repeated at 3 and 6 months following treatment initiation. RESULTS Compared with the initial QFT-GIT results (3.59 ± 3.39 IU/mL), the interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) levels had decreased significantly at 6 months (0.84 ± 1.14 IU/mL; P = 0.005), but not at 3 months (3.58 ± 3.64 IU/mL; P = 0.98). Reversions occurred in seven (26.9 %) patients at 3 months and in an additional two participants at 6 months; a total of nine participants (34.6 %) had reversions. Recent conversion was associated with reversion of the test results (odds ratio 26.3, 95 % confidence interval 3.04-226.6). CONCLUSION Chemoprophylaxis with isoniazid and rifampicin generally decreased IFN-γ levels among tuberculosis contacts. However, only a small portion of participants achieved reversion.
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