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OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw126
Keywords
culture conversion; diabetes; Georgia; MDR TB; socioeconomic status
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center [D43TW007124]
- NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland [K23AI103044, K24AI114444]
- Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute [NIH/NCATS UL1TR000454]
- Laney Graduate School of Emory University
- Emory Global Health Institute (Atlanta, GA)
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Background. Diabetes is a risk factor for active tuberculosis (TB), but little is known about the relationship between diabetes and multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB. We aimed to assess risk factors for primary MDR TB, including diabetes, and determine whether diabetes reduced the rate of sputum culture conversion among patients with MDR TB. Methods. From 2011 to 2014, we conducted a cohort study at the National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases in Tbilisi, Georgia. Adult (>= 35 years) patients with primary TB were eligible. Multidrug-resistant TB was defined as resistance to at least rifampicin and isoniazid. Patients with capillary glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) >= 6.5% or previous diagnosis were defined to have diabetes. Polytomous regression was used to estimate the association of patient characteristics with drug resistance. Cox regression was used to compare rates of sputum culture conversion in patients with and without diabetes. Results. Among 318 patients with TB, 268 had drug-susceptibility test (DST) results. Among patients with DST results, 19.4% (52 of 268) had primary MDR TB and 13.4% (36 of 268) had diabetes. In multivariable analyses, diabetes (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 2.51; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00-6.31) and lower socioeconomic status (aOR, 3.51; 95% CI, 1.56-8.20) were associated with primary MDR TB. Among patients with primaryMDR TB, 44 (84.6%) converted sputum cultures to negative. The rate of sputum culture conversion was lower among patients with diabetes (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 0.34; 95% CI,.13-.87) and among smokers (aHR, 0.16; 95% CI,.04-. 61). Conclusions. We found diabetes was associated with an increased risk of primary MDR TB; both diabetes and smoking were associated with a longer time to sputum culture conversion.
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