Ambulatory gastric lavages provide better yields of Mycobacterium tuberculosis than induced sputum in children with intrathoracic tuberculosis

OBJECTIVE: To compare mycobacterial yield by induced sputum (IS) and gastric lavage (GL), performed on an ambulatory basis in children with probable intrathoracic tuberculosis.

DESIGN: Diagnostic accuracy study.

SETTING: Two tertiary care hospitals in Delhi, India.

PATIENTS: Children aged 6 months to 15 years with newly diagnosed intrathoracic tuberculosis.

METHODS: GL and IS were performed in children on 2 consecutive days on ambulatory basis. Samples were examined by Ziehl-Neelsen staining and cultured on an automated BACTEC-MGIT 960 system.

OUTCOME MEASURE: Mycobacterial yields (smear and culture) for the 2 sample types (IS and GL) were compared.

RESULTS: Four hundred three children (56.6% girls), median age 111 months (interquartile range: 68, 144) were enrolled. Overall yield for acid-fast bacilli and/or Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) by either IS and/or GL was 152 (37.7%). Acid-fast bacilli positivity from IS and GL were 5.7% (23) and 10.4% (42), respectively. Confirmed MTB on culture from IS and GL were 17.9% (72) and 32.5% (127), respectively (P < 0.001). IS and GL identified 17 (4.2%) and 73 (18.1%) additional cases respectively when the other method failed to identify MTB. The combined yields (acid-fast bacilli positivity/MTB) with GL and IS on day 1 (115, 28.5%) were less than that obtained from 2 consecutive GL (135, 33.5%), but better than 2 consecutive IS samples (79, 19.6%; P < 0.001).

CONCLUSION: It is feasible to collect induced sputum and gastric lavage on an ambulatory basis. The yield of MTB obtained by GL is superior to that obtained by IS.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

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The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 32(2013), 12 vom: 07. Dez., Seite 1313-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mukherjee, Aparna [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Sarman [VerfasserIn]
Lodha, Rakesh [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Varinder [VerfasserIn]
Hesseling, A C [VerfasserIn]
Grewal, Harleen M S [VerfasserIn]
Kabra, Sushil K [VerfasserIn]
Delhi Pediatric TB Study Group [VerfasserIn]
Aneja, S [Sonstige Person]
Arya, Tina [Sonstige Person]
Bhatnagar, S [Sonstige Person]
Chandra, J [Sonstige Person]
Dutta, A K [Sonstige Person]
Doherty, T M [Sonstige Person]
Friis, H [Sonstige Person]
Grewal, Harleen M S [Sonstige Person]
Hesseling, A C [Sonstige Person]
Kabra, S K [Sonstige Person]
Lodha, Rakesh [Sonstige Person]
Marais, B [Sonstige Person]
Mukherjee, Aparna [Sonstige Person]
Parashar, Deepak [Sonstige Person]
Prajapati, Suneel [Sonstige Person]
Purohit, Kamna [Sonstige Person]
Saini, Deepak [Sonstige Person]
Saini, Savita [Sonstige Person]
Singh, Ravi Raj [Sonstige Person]
Singh, Sarman [Sonstige Person]
Singh, Varinder [Sonstige Person]

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Date Completed 30.03.2015

Date Revised 27.02.2014

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/INF.0b013e31829f5c58

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NLM230154077