High mortality among patients hospitalized for drug-resistant tuberculosis with acquired second-line drug resistance and high HIV prevalence

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OBJECTIVES: We compared mortality between HIV-positive and HIV-negative South African adults with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) and high incidence of acquired second-line drug resistance.

METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of DR-TB patients with serial second-line TB drug susceptibility tests (2008-2015) who were hospitalized at a specialized TB hospital. We used Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox models to examine associations with mortality.

RESULTS: Of 245 patients, the median age was 33 years, 54% were male and 40% were HIV-positive, 96% of whom had ever received antiretroviral therapy (ART). At initial drug resistance detection, 99% of patients had resistance to at least rifampicin and isoniazid, and 18% had second-line drug resistance (fluoroquinolones and/or injectable drugs). At later testing, 88% of patients had acquired additional second-line drug resistance. Patient-initiated treatment interruptions (> 2 months) occurred in 47%. Mortality was 79%. Those with HIV had a shorter time to death (p = 0.02; log-rank): median survival time from DR-TB treatment initiation was 2.44 years [95% confidence interval (CI): 2.09-3.15] versus 3.99 years (95% CI: 3.12-4.75) for HIV-negative patients. HIV-positive patients who received ART within 6 months before DR-TB treatment had a higher mortality hazard than HIV-negative patients [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) ratio = 1.82, 95% CI: 1.21-2.74]. By contrast, HIV-positive patients who did not receive ART within 6 months before DR-TB treatment did not have a significantly higher mortality hazard than HIV-negative patients (aHR = 1.09; 95% CI: 0.72-1.65), although those on ART had lower median CD4 counts than those not on ART (157 vs. 281 cells/μL, respectively; p = 0.02).

CONCLUSIONS: A very high incidence of acquired second-line drug resistance and high overall mortality were observed, reinforcing the need to reduce the risk of acquired resistance and for more effective treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

HIV medicine - 23(2022), 10 vom: 08. Nov., Seite 1085-1097

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Anderson, Kim [VerfasserIn]
Pietersen, Elize [VerfasserIn]
Shepherd, Bryan E [VerfasserIn]
Bian, Aihua [VerfasserIn]
Dheda, Keertan [VerfasserIn]
Warren, Robin [VerfasserIn]
Sterling, Timothy R [VerfasserIn]
van der Heijden, Yuri F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acquired resistance
Antitubercular Agents
Drug-resistant tuberculosis
Fluoroquinolones
HIV
Isoniazid
Journal Article
Mortality
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rifampin
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Date Completed 14.10.2022

Date Revised 06.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/hiv.13318

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM341304905