{"title":"Did public-private partnerships reduce TB incidence in Korea?","authors":"J Min, S Y Kim, J E Park, J-H Park","doi":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0286","DOIUrl":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0286","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14411,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"28 6","pages":"306-308"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141186791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J E Phelan, C Utpatel, N Ismail, T Cortes, S Niemann, D M Cirillo, T Schön, P Miotto, C U Köser
{"title":"Careful classification of potential bedaquiline resistance mutations is critical when analysing their clinical impact.","authors":"J E Phelan, C Utpatel, N Ismail, T Cortes, S Niemann, D M Cirillo, T Schön, P Miotto, C U Köser","doi":"10.5588/ijtld.24.0083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.24.0083","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14411,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"28 6","pages":"312-313"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141186767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Outcomes of childhood TB in countries with a universal BCG vaccination policy.","authors":"J V Dias, L Varandas, L Gonçalves, B Kagina","doi":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0321","DOIUrl":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0321","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><sec id=\"st1\"><title>BACKGROUND</title>TB remains an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Underdiagnosis, underreporting and limited data on the outcomes of childhood TB have led to an underestimation of its impact.</sec><sec id=\"st2\"><title>METHODS</title>This was a systematic review to characterise childhood TB outcomes. Studies reporting relevant epidemiological data on children between 0 and 14 years of age, with a particular focus on treatment outcomes, from countries with universal bacilli Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination and conducted between 2000 and 2020 were selected. Random effects meta-analysis was performed in R software.</sec><sec id=\"st3\"><title>RESULTS</title>We identified 1,806 references and included 35 articles. Among children with TB, the overall proportion of unfavourable outcomes was 19.5% (95% CI 14.4-25.8) and pooled case-fatality ratio was 6.1% (95% CI 4.3-8.4). The proportion of deaths observed among children between 0 and 4 years old was 6.6% (95% CI 4.9-8.7) and 4.6% (95% CI 3.1-6.9) in older children. TB and HIV co-infected children presented a case-fatality ratio of 15.1% (95% CI 7.9-27.0).</sec><sec id=\"st4\"><title>CONCLUSIONS</title>Despite the efforts made in the last decades, treatment outcomes in childhood TB are still worrisome. Efforts to fill existing gaps and design health policies targeting vulnerable populations, such as children, should be intensified to tackle the global TB burden.</sec>.</p>","PeriodicalId":14411,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"28 6","pages":"273-277"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141186799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N Kiwanuka, T Quach, R Kakaire, S Zalwango, M Castellanos, J Sekandi, C C Whalen
{"title":"Incidence of tuberculous infection in a TB-endemic city.","authors":"N Kiwanuka, T Quach, R Kakaire, S Zalwango, M Castellanos, J Sekandi, C C Whalen","doi":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0403","DOIUrl":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0403","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><sec id=\"st1\"><title>BACKGROUND</title>Current metrics for TB transmission include TB notifications, disease mortality, and prevalence surveys. These metrics are helpful to national TB programs to assess the burden of disease, but they do not directly measure incident infection in the community.</sec><sec id=\"st2\"><title>METHODS</title>To estimate incidence of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> infection in Kampala, Uganda, we performed a prospective cohort study between 2014 and 2017 which enrolled of 1,275 adult residents without signs of tuberculous infection (tuberculin skin test [TST] <5 mm and no signs of TB disease) and followed them for conversion of TST at 1 year.</sec><sec id=\"st3\"><title>RESULTS</title>During follow-up, 194 participants converted the TST and 158 converted by one year. The incidence density of TST conversion was 13.2 conversions/100 person-year (95% CI 11.6-15.1), which corresponds to an annual cumulative incidence of tuberculous infection of 12.4% (95% CI 10.7-14.3). Cumulative incidence was greater among older participants and among men. Among participants who reported prior exposure to TB cases, the cumulative risk was highest among those reporting exposure during follow-up.</sec><sec id=\"st4\"><title>CONCLUSIONS</title>The high annual incidence of infection suggests that residents of Kampala have adequate contact for infection with undetected, infectious cases of TB as they go about their daily lives.</sec>.</p>","PeriodicalId":14411,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"28 6","pages":"266-272"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11337811/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141186794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U Zanini, G Ferrara, S Moitra, R Varughese, M Kalluri, J Weatherald
{"title":"The clinical impact of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in interstitial lung diseases.","authors":"U Zanini, G Ferrara, S Moitra, R Varughese, M Kalluri, J Weatherald","doi":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.23.0555","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14411,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"28 6","pages":"309-311"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141186847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K Shearer, E Variava, B Kekana, P Abraham, T Moloantoa, J E Golub, N Martinson, C Hoffmann
{"title":"TB diagnoses and mortality in hospitalized people living with HIV in South Africa.","authors":"K Shearer, E Variava, B Kekana, P Abraham, T Moloantoa, J E Golub, N Martinson, C Hoffmann","doi":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0431","DOIUrl":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0431","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14411,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"28 6","pages":"301-303"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11740229/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141186844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An epidemiological analysis of TB trends in native and migrant populations, New Mexico, 1993-2021.","authors":"J-M Ramos-Rincon, B Montoya, G Simpson, M Burgos","doi":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.23.0318","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><sec id=\"st1\"><title>OBJECTIVES</title>To analyze the epidemiological, demographic, clinical, laboratory, radiographic and treatment outcome trends in non-US-born individuals with TB in New Mexico.</sec><sec id=\"st2\"><title>DESIGNS</title>We retrospectively analyzed TB data from New Mexico TB surveillance system from (1993-2021), comparing variables between non-US-born and US-born individuals.</sec><sec id=\"st3\"><title>RESULTS</title>Of the 1,512 TB cases, 876 (56.5%) were non-US-born and 653 (43.3%) were US-born. The incidence rate among non-US-born patients declined from 15.3/100,000 (1993) to 7.8/100,000 (2021) (54.6% reduction), while among US-born patients it declined from 3.3/100,000 (1993) to 0.5/100,000 (2021) (84.8% reduction). The majority of non-US-born individuals were from Mexico (<i>n =</i> 482, 73.5%). Non-US-born were typically younger adults (median age: 54 vs. 61), predominantly male (64.8% vs. 59.4%), less likely to consume excess alcohol and have extrapulmonary TB. However, they were more likely to exhibit resistance to standard TB drugs (<i>P</i> < 0.01). Non-US-born individuals were less likely to die (7.8% vs. 15.4%), but more likely to be lost to follow-up (<i>P</i> < 0.007). Treatment by providers outside the Department of Health was associated with noncompletion (OR 0.18, 95% CI 0.09-0.35; <i>P</i> < 0.001).</sec><sec id=\"st4\"><title>CONCLUSION</title>These results highlight the need for a detailed understanding of the impact of migration on TB epidemiology and the development of tailored interventions to improve treatment outcomes.</sec>.</p>","PeriodicalId":14411,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"28 6","pages":"278-286"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141186784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M M Carvalho, P Barbosa, P Ramos, M Vieira, R Duarte
{"title":"Limitations of using tuberculin skin test to screen for TB in patients with psoriasis.","authors":"M M Carvalho, P Barbosa, P Ramos, M Vieira, R Duarte","doi":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.23.0497","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14411,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"28 6","pages":"304-305"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141186797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T C Nguyen, H V T Tran, M H T Tran, I Godin, O Michel
{"title":"Phenotyping chronic respiratory diseases with airways obstruction.","authors":"T C Nguyen, H V T Tran, M H T Tran, I Godin, O Michel","doi":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.23.0383","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><sec id=\"st1\"><title>BACKGROUND</title>Given the high prevalence of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap (ACO) in Vietnam, there is an urgent need to establish a simplified strategy for categorising patients as either having asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This classification would streamline the application of treatment recommendations outlined by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD).</sec><sec id=\"st2\"><title>METHODS</title>Patients with obstructive lung function were classified as having COPD, asthma, or ACO based on GINA/GOLD guidelines. We hypothesised that ACO-like asthma (ACO-A) would present with positive skin prick tests (SPTs) or early onset of symptoms without a history of tuberculosis (TB), while those with ACO-like COPD (ACO-B) would exhibit negative SPTs and late onset of symptoms and/or a history of TB.</sec><sec id=\"st3\"><title>RESULTS</title>Among 235 patients, the prevalence of asthma, ACO-A, ACO-B, and COPD was respectively 21%, 22%, 17%, and 40%. Allergic history, rhinitis, and childhood asthma were associated with ACO-A, while high cumulative smoking was correlated with ACO-B. Socio-economic and demographic parameters, medical history, clinical features, smoking habits, lung function, and para-clinical investigations significantly differed between \"all asthma\" (i.e., individuals with asthma combined with ACO-A) and \"all COPD\" (i.e., individuals with COPD combined with ACO-B).</sec><sec id=\"st4\"><title>CONCLUSION</title>Based on SPTs, history of TB, and onset age, ACO patients may be defined as people with asthma or COPD.</sec>.</p>","PeriodicalId":14411,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"28 6","pages":"287-294"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141186809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M A Patel, B Durovni, N Salazar-Austin, S C Cavalcante, J E Golub, R E Chaisson, L H Chaisson, V Saraceni
{"title":"TB prevalence among pregnant women with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.","authors":"M A Patel, B Durovni, N Salazar-Austin, S C Cavalcante, J E Golub, R E Chaisson, L H Chaisson, V Saraceni","doi":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0487","DOIUrl":"10.5588/ijtld.23.0487","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14411,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease","volume":"28 5","pages":"259-261"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11187756/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140851375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}