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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE
卷 16, 期 9, 页码 1252-1259出版社
INT UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS LUNG DISEASE (I U A T L D)
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0733
关键词
tuberculosis; HIV infection; diagnosis; South Africa; screening
资金
- Aurum Institute
- US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
- Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [PS024055]
- National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
- Global AIDS Program
- UK Department of Health Public Health Career Scientist award
- Fogarty International Center [RTW007370/3]
- National Institute for Health Research [PHCS/03/01] Funding Source: researchfish
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of and evaluate screening modalities for undiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) in antiretroviral therapy (ART) eligible adults in South Africa. METHODS: Individuals were screened for TB using symptoms, chest radiograph (CXR) and two sputum specimens for microscopy and culture, and were then followed for <6 months to determine TB diagnoses. RESULTS: Among 361 participants (67% female, median age 38 years, median CD4 count 120 cells/mm(3)), 64 (18%) were sputum culture-positive; 114 (32%) fulfilled any TB case definition (culture- and/or smear-positive, or improvement on specific treatment). Symptom screening comprising any of cough, appetite loss or night sweats > 2 weeks had a sensitivity and specificity of respectively 74.5% and 50.8%. Sensitivity was increased by CXR (to 96.1%), but not by smear microscopy. The World Health Organization symptom screen had a sensitivity and specificity of respectively 96.1% and 5.2% in our study population; the addition of CXR increased sensitivity to 100%. Median time to TB treatment was 8 days for diagnoses based on CXR (n = 72) vs. 37 days for diagnoses based only on sputum culture (n = 14). CONCLUSIONS: The very high prevalence of undiagnosed TB among patients presenting for ART mandates their routine investigation. CXR improved sensitivity substantially, allowed rapid treatment initiation and should be routine, where available, pending better point-of-care diagnostics.
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