Time-to-detection in culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis : performance for assessing index cases contact-positivity

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OBJECTIVES: Time-to-detection (TTD) in culture on liquid media is inversely correlated to bacillary load and should be a contributing factor for assessing tuberculosis transmission. We wanted to assess if TTD was a better alternative than smear status to estimate transmission risk.

METHODS: From October 2015 to June 2022, we retrospectively studied a cohort of index cases (IC) with pulmonary tuberculosis (tuberculosis disease [TD]) from which samples were culture-positive before treatment. We studied the correlation between TTD and contact-positivity (CP) of IC contacts: CP was defined as CP = 1 (CP group) in case of TD or latent tuberculosis infection (LTI) in at least one screened contact of an IC, and CP = 0 otherwise (contact-negativity [CN] group). Univariate and multivariable analyses (logistic regression) were done.

RESULTS: Of the 185 IC, 122 were included, generating 846 contact cases of which 705 were assessed. A transmission event (LTI or TD) was identified in 193 contact cases (transmission rate: 27%). At day 9, 66% and 35% of the IC had their sample positive in culture for CP and CN groups, respectively. Age and TTD ≤9 days were independent criteria of CP (odds ratio 0.97, confidence interval [0.95-0.98], P = 0.002 and odds ratio 3.52, confidence interval [1.59-7.83], P = 0.001, respectively).

CONCLUSION: TTD was a more discriminating parameter than smear status to evaluate the transmission risk of an IC with pulmonary tuberculosis. Therefore, TTD should be considered in the contact-screening strategy around an IC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:134

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 134(2023) vom: 01. Sept., Seite 280-284

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Risso, Karine [VerfasserIn]
Michelangeli, Céline [VerfasserIn]
Gaudart, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Buscot, Mathieu [VerfasserIn]
Chamorey, Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Courjon, Johan [VerfasserIn]
Carles, Michel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Contact screening
Index cases
Journal Article
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Smear status
Time-to-detection
Transmission

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.08.2023

Date Revised 10.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2023.07.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35934349X