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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE
Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 399-+Publisher
INT UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS LUNG DISEASE (I U A T L D)
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0741
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MDR-TB; smear conversion; culture conversion; XDR-TB; tuberculosis
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- German Center for Infection Research, Brunswick, Germany
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BACKGROUND: Excellent treatment outcomes have recently been reported for patients with multi/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB) in settings where optimal resources for individualised therapy are available. OBJECTIVE: To ascertain whether differences remain in treatment responses between patients with M/XDR-TB and those with non-M/XDR-TB. METHOD: Patients with TB were prospectively enrolled between March 2013 and March 2016 at five hospitals in Germany. Treatment was conducted following current guidelines and individualised on the basis of drug susceptibility testing. Two-month and 6-month sputum smear and sputum culture conversion rates were assessed. A clinical and radiological score were used to assess response to anti-tuberculosis treatment. RESULTS: Non-M/XDR-TB (n = 29) and M/XDR-TB ( n=46) patients showed similar rates of microbiological conversion: 2-month smear conversion rate, 90% vs. 78%; culture conversion rate, 67% vs. 61%; time to smear conversion, 19 days (IQR 10-32) vs. 31 days (IQR 14-56) (P=0.066); time to culture conversion, 39 days (IQR 17-67) vs. 39 days (IQR 6-85) (P=0.191). Both clinical and radiological scores decreased after the introduction of anti-tuberculosis treatment. CONCLUSION: There were no significant differences in scores between the two groups until 6 months of treatment. Under optimal clinical conditions, with the availability of novel diagnostics and a wide range of therapeutic options for individualised treatment, patients with M/XDR-TB achieved 6-month culture conversion rates that were compatible with those in patients with non-M/XDR-TB.
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