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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE
Volume 16, Issue 11, Pages 1517-1521Publisher
INT UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS LUNG DISEASE (I U A T L D)
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0146
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25-hydroxyvitamin D; HAART; immune reconstitution
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- European Commission [LSHP-CT-2007-037659-TBIRIS]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, WOTRO Science for Global Developmen [NACCAP W 07.05.20100]
- Directorate General for Development Cooperation through the Flemish Interuniversity Council
- Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad
- Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie
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OBJECTIVE : To examine whether hypovitaminosis D is a risk factor for the development of tuberculosis (TB) associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). METHODS: We measured serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25D) concentrations in four groups of patients at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda: 1) patients co-infected with TB and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) receiving anti-tuberculosis treatment (HIV+TB+; n = 92) who did and did not develop TB-IRIS after starting antiretroviral treatment (ART), 2) HIV-infected patients without TB (HIV+TB-; n = 20) starting ART, 3) non-HIV-infected individuals with TB (HIV+TB+; n = 27), and 4) those without TB (HIV-TB-; n = 23). RESULTS: The prevalence of optimal 25D levels (>75 nmol/l) was as follows: 59% in HIV+TB+, 65% in HIV+TB-, 63% in HIV-TB+ and 35% in HIV-TB- patients. 25D concentrations decreased during the first 3 months of ART in HIV+TB+ individuals who developed IRIS (P = 0.005) and those who did not (P = 0.002), and in HIV+TB- individuals (P = 0.015); however, 25D concentration in patients who did or did not develop TB-IRIS did not differ. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of optimal vitamin D status was relatively high in HIV-infected patients with and without TB living near the equator. No difference in 25D concentrations was observed between TB-IRIS and non-IRIS. However, 25D concentrations decreased during ART.
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