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Introducción. El manejo adecuado de la tuberculosis multirresistente es una estrategia priorizada para el control de la tuberculosis en el mundo. Objetivo. Evaluar las diferencias entre las características demográficas y clínicas, y los indicadores programáticos de los pacientes con diagnóstico confirmado de tuberculosis pulmonar resistente a rifampicina o multirresistente en Buenaventura, frente a la cohorte de los demás municipios del Valle del Cauca entre 2013 y 2016. Materiales y métodos. Se desarrolló un estudio analítico de cohortes para comparar los registros de pacientes mayores de 15 años con tuberculosis multirresistente, del Programa de Tuberculosis de Buenaventura (con ácido paraaminosalicílico), frente a los demás municipios del Valle del Cauca (sin ácido paraaminosalicílico). Resultados. Se registraron 99 casos con una mediana de edad de 40 años (RIC = 26- 53); en Buenaventura, el 56 % eran mujeres; en los demás municipios, predominaron los hombres (67 %); el 95 % de los evaluados tenía aseguramiento en salud. La comorbilidad más frecuente fue diabetes (14 %). Las reacciones adversas a medicamentos antituberculosos en Buenaventura fueron 1,3 veces más frecuentes que en los demás municipios (OR = 2,3; IC95 %: 0,993 - 5,568; p = 0,04). En Buenaventura falleció el 5 % de los casos frente al 15 % reportado en los demás municipios. No hubo fracasos con el tratamiento en Buenaventura, pero se reportó un 35 % de pérdida del seguimiento. El éxito del tratamiento fue mayor en Buenaventura en el 56 %. Conclusión. El programa fortalecido de Buenaventura presentó mejores resultados programáticos que los demás municipios del Valle del Cauca. El acceso a pruebas moleculares, la disponibilidad de tratamientos acortados y el seguimiento continuo para identificar reacciones adversas a medicamentos antituberculosos son un derrotero para todos los programas de control.

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Objective: To identify, in a practical context, the knowledge of primary health care nurses about caring for people being treated for drug-resistant tuberculosis. Methods: This is a qualitative research, carried out with 26 primary health care nurses from the Southern Health District of the city of Manaus, Amazonas. Data collection took place from November to December 2022, through focus groups and individual interviews. Data were organized and processed using the Atlas.ti 8 software, and analyzed using Bardin's content analysis technique. Results: The participants showed insufficient knowledge about nursing care for people being treated for drug-resistant tuberculosis in primary care, as they verbalized in their speeches that they did not know what care they should perform, how to monitor and guide the directly observed treatment of these people. Conclusion: Insufficient knowledge and the need for continuing education of nursing professionals on care for people with drug-resistant tuberculosis in primary care were evident, with a view to exercising their roles in diagnosis, prevention, and guidance with directly observed treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. To determine the genetic structure of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that circulated throughout Peru during the years 2011-2015, by using haplotypes obtained from a line probe assay. Materials and methods. A total of 6589 samples that were admitted to the Instituto Nacional de Salud for routine diagnosis using the GenoType® MTBDRplus v2 assay were analyzed during the study period. Resistant haplotypes were created by concatenating 21 polymorphic sites of the evaluated genes using the line probe assay; and the association analysis was carried out with phenotypes obtained by the 7H10 agar ratio method. Results. The most frequent mutations were: rpoB S531L (55.4%) and rpoB D516V (18.5%) for rifampicin resistance, and katG S315T (59.5%) and inhA c-15t (25.7%) for isoniazid resistance. We obtained 13 representative haplotypes (87.8% of analyzed samples), 6 corresponded to the multidrug-resistant genotype, 4 to the isoniazid mono-resistant genotype and 3 to the rifampicin mono-resistant genotype. Eighteen regions and the province of Callao showed high haplotype diversity; four showed moderate diversity and two showed low diversity. Conclusions. Most regions showed high haplotype diversity; in addition, most drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were concentrated in the cities of Lima and Callao. Likewise, drugresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in Peru mainly contain the genetic markers with the highest prevalence worldwide, which are associated with resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid.

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo realizar una validación de un aplicativo móvil Open Data Kit (AM-ODK) en contactos expuestos a tuberculosis multidrogorresistente (TB-MDR) en Lima. Utilizando un cuestionario en una aplicación en un dispositivo móvil Android, se registraron 129 contactos intradomiciliarios de 29 casos índice de TB-MDR en tratamiento, en diez establecimientos de salud de Lima Sur en agosto de 2018. Se encontró un tiempo medio de registro por contacto de cuatro minutos. La frecuencia de síntomas de TB activa entre los contactos de TB-MDR fue 3,1%. Treinta y un encuestados completaron un cuestionario de aceptabilidad; todos manifestaron sentirse cómodos o muy cómodos con el registro de sus datos en AM-ODK, aunque 10% expresó inquietudes sobre la confidencialidad. Se concluye que el AM-ODK fue una herramienta viable y aceptable para registrar contactos intradomiciliarios expuestos a casos con TB-MDR. Estudios futuros deberían considerar el uso de plataformas móviles para el monitoreo de contactos de TB-MDR.

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Se reporta la frecuencia de mutaciones genéticas KatG e inhA que confieren resistencia a isoniacida en una muestra de 777 pacientes con resistencia a isoniacida. Se utilizó la prueba GenoType® MTBDRplus y la prueba de sensibilidad convencional por el método de agar en placa. Se encontró que 54 % presentó mutación en el gen KatG; este se asoció con resistencia a estreptomicina 76,6 % (p

Introducción. La tuberculosis extremadamente resistente a los medicamentos (TB-XDR) es el resultado de deficiencias en la administración del tratamiento y en la prevención de la transmisión de la enfermedad; además, es un reto para los programas nacionales de control de la tuberculosis. Objetivo. Describir las características clínicas y epidemiológicas de los casos de TB-XDR diagnosticados en Colombia. Materiales y métodos. Se trata de un estudio de serie de casos, de pacientes con diagnóstico de TB-XDR, de 2006 a 2016 en Colombia. Las fuentes de información fueron el formato único de vigilancia y la base de datos del Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia. Se analizaron las variables: entidad territorial de procedencia, sexo, edad, régimen de afiliación, forma de tuberculosis, coinfección tuberculosis-HIV, patrón de sensibilidad a los fármacos de segunda línea y resultado (vivo o muerto). Resultados. En el período de estudio, se diagnosticaron 51 casos de TB-XDR, 28 hombres y 23 mujeres, con un promedio anual de cinco casos. En los departamentos de Antioquia, Valle del Cauca y Atlántico, se presentaron 46 (90 %) de los casos. El rango de edad fue de 5 a 81 años y, la mediana, de 40 años. De los 51 pacientes, 32 (63 %) estaban afiliados al régimen subsidiado de salud y 46 (90 %) presentaron tuberculosis pulmonar; de los 22 a quienes se les practicó la prueba para HIV, en tres (13,6 %) había coinfección con HIV, y 29 (57 %) murieron. Los fármacos a los cuales hubo mayor resistencia, fueron ofloxacina en 45 (88 %) casos y amikacina en 43 (84 %). Conclusión. La TB-XDR se presentó principalmente en formas pulmonares, lo cual aumenta la probabilidad de transmisión en la comunidad y se refleja en la aparición de tuberculosis resistente en menores de 15 años. La población más afectada es la económicamente activa, con una gran mortalidad. El Programa Nacional de Prevención y Control de la Tuberculosis debe generar estrategias para evitar la propagación de cepas resistentes.

Introducción. La tuberculosis en los niños es un reflejo de transmisión reciente en la comunidad. Se estima que en el mundo cada año un millón de niños enferma por esta causa; en Colombia se notificaron 291 casos en el 2015. Objetivo. Actualizar la información obtenida de las actividades de vigilancia por el laboratorio de la farmacorresistencia del bacilo Mycobacterium tuberculosis en menores de 15 años en Colombia entre el 2010 y el 2015. Materiales y métodos. Se llevó a cabo un estudio retrospectivo de corte transversal. Se estudiaron las variables de procedencia, sexo, edad, tipo de tuberculosis y estado de HIV en los casos sensibles y resistentes. Estos se clasificaron como caso nuevo sin tratamiento o caso previamente tratado para analizar el perfil de resistencia a fármacos de primera y segunda línea. Resultados. De los 3.440 casos notificados, en el 16,4 % se practicó la prueba de sensibilidad. El 50,6 % eran mujeres, la forma pulmonar se presentó en el 70,6 % y el 1,4 % presentó coinfección de tuberculosis y HIV. Se estudiaron 565 casos, de los cuales 503 (89,0 %) eran nuevos: el 3,9 % con tuberculosis multirresistente y el 9,5 % con resistencia global. Los previamente tratados fueron 62 (10,9 %), 4,8 % con multirresistencia y 19,3 % con resistencia global. No se evidenciaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en los años estudiados. La proporción de tuberculosis extremadamente resistente en los casos nuevos evaluados fue de 9,0 %. Conclusiones. Es necesario que el Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social y el Instituto Nacional de Salud promuevan el uso de pruebas diagnósticas rápidas y muy sensibles, como las moleculares recomendadas por la Organización Mundial de la Salud.

This study aimed to validate an ODK digital mobile application (ODK-DMA) in contacts exposed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Lima, Peru. Using a questionnaire in an application on a mobile device, we registered 129 household contacts of 29 index cases of MDR-TB under treatment in 10 health facilities in South Lima in August 2018. The mean time of registration per contact was found to be 4 minutes. The prevalence of active TB symptoms among MDR-TB contacts was 3.1%. An acceptability questionnaire was completed by 31 respondents; all reported feeling comfortable or very comfortable with recording their data in the ODK-DMA, although 10% expressed concerns about confidentiality. We concluded that the ODK-DMA was a feasible and acceptable tool for registering household contacts exposed to cases with MDR-TB. Future studies should consider the use of mobile platforms for the monitoring of MDR-TB contacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introducción: la tuberculosis (TB) pulmonar es un problema creciente de salud mundial y la resistencia a los antibióticos un elemento de preocupación. Caso clínico: paciente de 19 años, quien ingresó al servicio de urgencias por presentar hemoptisis. Antecedente de TB con tratamiento irregular. Se documentó resistencia a varios medicamentos. Se consideraron las diferentes estrategias de tratamiento disponible. Debido al elevado riesgo epidemiológico y la historia de pobre adherencia al tratamiento, se realizó manejo intrahospitalario con respuesta satisfactoria. Conclusiones: la tuberculosis multirresistente (MDR-TB) representa un riesgo para la comunidad, teniendo en cuenta la vía de transmisión de la entidad. Rev.cienc. biomed. 2013;4(1):159-164

Introducción. De acuerdo con la Organización Mundial de la Salud, la tuberculosis multidrogorresistente (TB-MDR), definida como aquella en la que hay resistencia a isoniacida y rifampicina, representa una seria amenaza para la salud pública, ya que en 2018 se reportaron cerca de medio millón de nuevos casos de tuberculosis resistente a la rifampicina, de los cuales el 78% tenían TB-MDR. En Perú, 6 personas se enferman de tuberculosis (TB) cada hora y de los 27 000 casos notificados de enfermedad activa por año, el 10% corresponde a TB-MDR. Objetivo. Determinar la distribución geográfica de la TB-MDR y los factores de riesgo de esta enfermedad en la región de Junín, ubicada en el centro de Perú. Materiales y métodos. Estudio longitudinal retrospectivo de casos y controles que incluyó 3 602 personas con diagnóstico de tuberculosis confirmado con cultivo positivo para Mycobacterium tuberculosis entre enero y diciembre de 2016. Los casos fueron los pacientes con diagnóstico de TB-MDR y los controles, los demás pacientes. Resultados. Se encontró una mayor prevalencia de casos de TB-MDR en la selva central de Perú, zona con alta incidencia de TB. Al realizar el análisis multivariado, se encontraron los siguientes factores de riesgo de multidrogorresistencia: antecedente de tratamiento de la TB (OR: 1.61, IC95%: 1.14-3.26), fracaso del tratamiento previo (OR: 5.84, IC95%: 4.03-8.21) y contacto intradomiciliario con personas con TB-MDR (OR: 91.57, IC95%: 34.56-289.14). Conclusiones. La distribución geográfica de la TB-MDR es de tipo no heterogéneo con alta incidencia en la selva central. En pacientes con diagnóstico reciente de TB, se debe considerar la posibilidad de TB-MDR si presentan alguno de los factores de riesgo identificados aquí y proceden de alguna zona de alta prevalencia de esta enfermedad.

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) emerged shortly after introduction of rifamycins in the 1960s; isoniazid resistance had already emerged by the mid-1950s. Without these two drugs, tuberculosis is very difficult and costly to treat, with unacceptably high rates of treatment failure, death, loss to follow-up, and no known preventive treatment. Global attention first focused on MDR TB in the early 1990s when nosocomial outbreaks with high case fatality rates were reported in many countries. Prevalence data for MDR TB on a global scale first became available in 1997. In 2016, about 4.1% of estimated ~10.4 million new TB patients plus 19% of ~1 million previously treated patients, that is ~600,000 people develop MDR TB or rifampicin resistant TB; 250,000 die annually. Ten years ago, 5% of them were diagnosed and enrolled on treatment, increasing to about 21.6% in 2016, leaving much room for improvement. Over that same period of time, momentum has been building to combat MDR TB, including advances in diagnostics, therapeutics, and care; decentralizing patient-centered care coupled with social support; growing improvements in prevention of transmission; increasing use of highly effective antiretroviral treatment; communications, advocacy, and social mobilization; leadership and updated policy guidance. Taking into account long-term epidemiological trends, all of these factors coupled with funding from the Global Fund and other major donors, suggest we may be on the verge of accelerating declines in MDR TB morbidity and mortality. Extreme poverty, which allows tuberculosis to flourish, has actually decreased by about one billion people over the past 25 years. What is needed now is political will on the part of national governments to apply these advances diligently and further reductions in poverty, pushing epidemiological trends past the inflection point to the downward slope. All these can be accelerated with increased support for science leading to better diagnosis, treatment and an effective vaccine to sustain and accelerate the meager declines reported thus far.

Objetive: To describe a pediatric case with initial diagnosis of lymph node tuberculosis (TB) that became multidrug resistant miliar and meningeal tuberculosis (TB-MDR) due to treatment dropout twice. Case report: a 4-year-old boy with initial diagnosis of lymph node tuberculosis who had two episodes of dropout from the sensitive scheme treatment. Three months later, there was evidence of bilateral involvement suggestive of miliary TB. During hospitalization, he developed meningeal tuberculosis and hydrocephalus. Due to the history of treatment dropout, a sensitivity of gastric aspirate study was requested, identifying it as multidrug-resistant TB. He started the EZLfxKmEtoCs treatment scheme and complications management, achieving improvement. Conclusions: Treatment dropout is one of the main causes of drug resistance in tuberculosis and its complications. It is necessary to reinforce the early detection and effective treatment of this infection in children, focusing on the follow-up of cases to avoid treatment dropout and the consequent complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To analyze occurrences of drug-related adverse effects in treatment of tuberculosis and its association with clinical variables and outcome. Method: Cross-sectional study with 63 cases of tuberculosis treated at Tuberculosis and Leprosy Outpatient Clinic of São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, from 2010 to 2015. We used frequency analysis and chi-square test with Monte Carlo correction. Results: Adverse effects started before the third month of treatment; effects were more frequent, with predominance of gastric irritation. There was association between medical conduct and adverse effects (p=0.009). Conclusion: Adverse effects caused by medications may impair the clinical outcome due to risk of treatment withdrawal. Health professionals should be alert to signs and symptoms related to adverse effects, implementing the necessary behaviors to neutralize or reduce complaints, aiming adherence to treatment and cure of the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Tuberculosis in children is a recent transmission reflection in the community. It is estimated that every year one million children get sick in the world because of this. In Colombia, 291 cases were notified in 2015. Objective: To update the information obtained from the surveillance activities of the drug-resistance laboratory in children younger than 15 years of age in Colombia between 2010 and 2015. Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study. We studied the variables of origin, gender, age, type of tuberculosis, and HIV status in sensitive and resistant cases. We classified them according to their treatment background between new and previously treated to analyze their first and second line drug resistance profile. Results: From the notified cases, 16.4% had a sensitivity test. 50.6% were women, the pulmonary form was present in 70.6% cases, and 1.4% presented with tuberculosis/HIV coinfection. We studied 565 cases, from which 503 (89.1%) were new, presenting with multidrug resistant tuberculosis, and a global resistance of 3.9 % and 9.5%, respectively. From them 62 had been previously treated (10.9%), with 4.8% and 19.3% multidrug resistance and global resistance, respectively. There was no evidence of statistically significant differences during the studied years. Extremely resistant tuberculosis in new cases was 9.0%. Conclusions: It is necessary for the Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social and the Instituto Nacional de Salud to promote the use of faster and more sensitive diagnostic tests such as the molecular ones recommended by the World Health Organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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ABSTRACT Objective: To identify representations regarding adherence to the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from the perspective of patients who were discharged upon being cured. Method: A qualitative study with patients who completed the drug treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in São Paulo. Social Determination was used to interpret the health-disease process, and the testimonies were analyzed according to dialectical hermeneutics and the discourse analysis technique. Results: Twenty-one patients were interviewed. The majority (80.9%) were men, in the productive age group (90.4%) and on sick leave or unemployed (57.2%) during the treatment. Based on the testimonies, three categories associated with adherence to treatment emerged: the desire to live, support for the development of treatment and care provided by the health services. Conclusion: For the study sample, adherence to the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was related to having a life project and support from the family and health professionals. Free treatment is fundamental for adherence, given the fragilities arising from the social insertion of people affected by the disease. Therefore, special attention is required from the health services to understand patient needs.

Resumo: A tuberculose drogarresistente (TBDR) representa hoje uma grave ameaça aos avanços no controle da tuberculose (TB) no Brasil e no mundo. Neste estudo, investigam-se fatores associados ao abandono e ao óbito de casos em tratamento para TBDR, em um centro de referência terciária do Município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo de coorte retrospectiva, a partir dos casos notificados no Sistema de Informação de Tratamentos Especiais de Tuberculose (SITETB), no período de 1º de janeiro de 2012 a 31 de dezembro de 2013. Um total de 257 pacientes foi notificado no SITETB e iniciou o tratamento para TBDR. Desse total, 139 (54,1%) tiveram sucesso terapêutico como desfecho, 54 (21%) abandonaram o tratamento e 21 (8,2%) evoluíram para óbito. Após análise de regressão logística multinomial múltipla, a faixa etária acima de cinquenta anos foi observada como único fator de proteção ao abandono, ao passo que ter menos de oito anos de escolaridade e reingresso após abandono foram considerados como fatores de risco. Reingresso após abandono, recidiva e falência indicaram fatores de risco. Nossos dados reforçam a concepção de que o abandono do tratamento de tuberculose resistente é um sério problema de saúde pública, sendo necessário um adequado acompanhamento no tratamento de pacientes com esse histórico e com baixa escolaridade. Além disso, uma rede de apoio social ao paciente é imprescindível para que desfechos desfavoráveis sejam evitados.

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Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) emerged shortly after introduction of rifamycins in the 1960s; isoniazid resistance had already emerged by the mid-1950s. Without these two drugs, tuberculosis is very difficult and costly to treat, with unacceptably high rates of treatment failure, death, loss to follow-up, and no known preventive treatment. Global attention first focused on MDR TB in the early 1990s when nosocomial outbreaks with high case fatality rates were reported in many countries. Prevalence data for MDR TB on a global scale first became available in 1997. In 2016, about 4.1% of estimated ~10.4 million new TB patients plus 19% of ~1 million previously treated patients, that is ~600,000 people develop MDR TB or rifampicin resistant TB; 250,000 die annually. Ten years ago, <5% of them were diagnosed and enrolled on treatment, increasing to about 21.6% in 2016, leaving much room for improvement. Over that same period of time, momentum has been building to combat MDR TB, including advances in diagnostics, therapeutics, and care; decentralizing patient-centered care coupled with social support; growing improvements in prevention of transmission; increasing use of highly effective antiretroviral treatment; communications, advocacy, and social mobilization; leadership and updated policy guidance. Taking into account long-term epidemiological trends, all of these factors coupled with funding from the Global Fund and other major donors, suggest we may be on the verge of accelerating declines in MDR TB morbidity and mortality. Extreme poverty, which allows tuberculosis to flourish, has actually decreased by about one billion people over the past 25 years. What is needed now is political will on the part of national governments to apply these advances diligently and further reductions in poverty, pushing epidemiological trends past the inflection point to the downward slope. All these can be accelerated with increased support for science leading to better diagnosis, treatment and an effective vaccine to sustain and accelerate the meager declines reported thus far. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objetivo: Analisar as vivências dos doentes de tuberculose multirresistente sob a perspectiva da integralidade. Métodos: Estudo analítico, qualitativo, realizado com doentes em tratamento. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas, transcritas na íntegra, interpretadas sob o referencial da Análise do Discurso de matriz francesa. Resultados: Notaram-se movimentos de sensibilização dos profissionais na busca da integralidade, atendendo às necessidades emocionais dos doentes, porém distanciavam-se desta em outros momentos. Quanto à organização da rede de atenção, perceberam-se fragilidades: falta de vinculação e acolhimento do doente nos serviços de saúde; falta de articulação entre os níveis de assistência; responsabilização do doente para com o tratamento e diferentes contextos da organização da Atenção Básica interferindo no acompanhamento do tratamento. Conclusão: Há necessidade de repensar a assistência ao doente de tuberculose multirresistente, de modo a assisti-lo de maneira integral, tanto em suas peculiaridades individuais relacionadas ao seu contexto de vida e processo de adoecimento, quanto ao que tange à organização e coordenação da atenção.

In 2014, there were 480 000 new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) around the world, but only 25% of them were diagnosed and reported. Drug resistance in TB is necessarily a laboratory diagnosis. An urgent priority in everyday practice is to diagnose tuberculosis and rule out drug resistance as quickly and as accurately as possible. However, worldwide, only 12% of new bacteriologically confirmed TB cases and 58% of previously treated TB cases were tested for drug resistance in 2014. New tools for diagnosis of TB and drug-resistant TB have been introduced for clinical practice during the past decade. Those new tools can detect and identify drug resistance to antituberculosis drugs in less than 24 hours, and they should be urgently integrated into clinical practice, especially in high-burden regions. Ongoing transmission of TB generates new infections, and this infected population is the inexhaustible source of new TB cases. If we are really determined to stop the global TB epidemic, we need to treat active cases and also halt the transmission of the infection. The only strategy for preventing the development of active disease in individuals with subclinical infection is to give treatment for this latent infection. Global control of TB requires a huge investment of funds to address current detection and treatment gaps. We must reconsider our current strategy and combine social components with biomedical interventions. This will require the development of alliances between government and civil society, as well as leadership and true political commitment at the highest level of government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Multi-drug resistant (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) tuberculoses are a global public health problem. Their timely detection might reduce the burden of the disease and the economic impact on health systems worldwide. Objective: To conduct a literature review of the diagnostic accuracy of three molecular tests to detect multi-drug resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculoses. Materials and methods: A systematic literature review following Cochrane methodology was carried out to study the diagnostic accuracy of three molecular tests to detect MDR-TB and XDR-TB in previous studies among immunocompetent population. Articles indexed in Medline and Embase were reviewed starting in 2007. Diagnostic accuracy was reported by sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of each test. Results: In total, 8, 12 and 13 studies were included to assess the diagnostic accuracy of GeneXpert MTB/RIF®, GenoType MTBDRplus® and GenoType MTBDRsl®, respectively. The specificity of GeneXpert MTB/RIF® ranged between 91 and 100%, and its sensitivity between 33.3 and 100%. The sensitivity of 398 Alvis-Zakzuk NJ, Carrasquilla Má, Gómez VJ, et al. Biomédica 2017;37:397-407 GenoType® MTBDRplus® ranged between 88 and 100%. The sensitivity and specificity of GenoType MTBDRsl® to evaluate drug resistance ranged between 56 and 100% and 21 and 100%, respectively. Conclusion: The three diagnostic tests evaluated have shown an adequate diagnostic accuracy to detect MDR and XDR tuberculoses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Se realizó una actualización sobre la tuberculosis pulmonar, con el objetivo de elevar el nivel de información de los médicos y demás personas relacionadas con el control de esta enfermedad, acerca de la situación de esta a nivel mundial y en nuestro país. Se expusieron los criterios de diversos expertos sobre las causas que han propiciado la reemergencia de la tuberculosis y los factores que han dado al traste con los programas de control, siendo las fundamentales: La deficiente búsqueda activa de los casos considerados reservorios y la multirresistencia del Mycobacterium tuberculosis a los medicamentos, debido a la aplicación de tratamientos inadecuados.An update about pulmonary tuberculosis aimed at increasing the level of information of medical doctors and the personnel who are in charge of the control of this disease was conducted analyzing the worldwide and Cuban situation. Criteria of diverse experts about the causes that have favored the emergence of tuberculosis and the factors falling through the control programs, where among the most important are: the deficient active searching of cases who are considered reservoirs and the multi-drug resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, due to the application of inadequate treatments.

Objetivou-se descrever o perfil sócio-demográfico e clínico-epidemiológico de portadores de Tuberculose Multirresistente (TBMR), matriculados em Centro de Referência para Tuberculose (TB) do Estado de São Paulo. Estudo quantitativo, descritivo, retrospectivo e seccional. Levantaram-se dados de fichas de notificação e de prontuários de sujeitos matriculados de agosto de 2002 a dezembro de 2009. Os dados foram coletados de fevereiro a junho de 2010, com instrumento estruturado, e sistematizados no Excel e Epi Info. Identificaram-se 188 sujeitos, 74,2% do Município de São Paulo; 93,1% na faixa etária produtiva; 61,6% desempregados; 64,4% homens; 34,6% com 4 a 7 anos de escolaridade; 98,9% com tratamentos anteriores para TB; 98,4% com TBMR pulmonar; 71,4% com lesão bilateral cavitária e todos realizaram teste de sensibilidade aos antimicrobianos. Os achados evidenciam pistas de que os sujeitos desenvolveram TBMR principalmente devido às condições de vida e acesso aos serviços de saúde. A limitação dos dados de fichas de notificação e prontuários limitou abordagem ampla como requer a TB, enfermidade consagradamente socialmente determinada.

Se describe la evolución y las características de los casos de un conglomerado de tuberculosis multidrogorresistente (MDR) ocurrido el año 2001, en un centro educativo localizado en una zona urbano marginal del distrito de Ica, Perú. Se identificó 15 escolares que estuvieron relacionados entre ellos antes de enfermar de tuberculosis. El promedio de edad fue 15 años. Doce casos fueron MDR y siete fueron resistentes a las cinco drogas de primera línea (RHEZS), cinco de los casos recibieron tres diferentes esquemas de tratamiento antituberculoso; el tiempo promedio de tratamiento antituberculoso fue de 37 meses (mínimo 21 y máximo 59 meses). Trece casos curaron y dos fallecieron. El presente estudio documenta un conglomerado de casos de TB-MDR en un centro educativo que, por los vínculos epidemiológicos y la simultaneidad en que aparecieron, podría tratarse de un probable brote de TB-MDR, con un desenlace satisfactorio luego de un tratamiento prolongado.We describe the evolution and features of a cluster of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) cases that occurred in 2001, in a school located in a sub-urban area of the district of Ica, Peru. We identified 15 students related before becoming infected with tuberculosis. The mean age of the cluster was 15 years. A total of 12 students were MDR-TB cases and 7 were drug-resistant to 5 first-line drugs (RHEZS). Five out of the 15 cases received at least 3 different anti-tuberculosis treatment schemes. The average treatment duration was 37 months (minimum 21 and maximum 59 months). A total of 13 cases recovered and 2 died. This study describes a cluster of MDR -TB cases in an educational facility, which due to the epidemiological link and time presentation, is probably an outbreak of MDR TB with a satisfactory outcome after prolonged treatment.

En este artículo se describe el estado actual de las epidemias de tuberculosis multidrogo resitente (TB MDR) y tuberculosis extensivamente resistente a drogas (TB XDR) en el Perú. Se realiza un análisis de nuestra situación con respecto al resto de Latinoamérica, y de la distribución temporo espacial de los casos de TB XDR en Lima. También presentamos nuestra reflexión de lo que está pasando y debe cambiar; lo que se resume en darle la importancia debida a un problema que nos está rebasando y anteponer a nuestros propios intereses, los intereses de la humanidad; por consiguiente no podemos callar, y debemos declarar a la tuberculosis como emergencia sanitaria nacional. Eso constituye una respuesta, esperamos, aún viable para el Perú.

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Objective. To assess whether the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) guidelines for culture and drug sensitivity testing (DST) in Guatemala were successfully implemented, particularly in cases of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) or previously treated TB, by documenting notification rates by department (geographic area), disease type and category, and culture and DST results. Methods. This was a cross-sectional, operational research study that merged and linked all patients registered by the NTP and the National Reference Laboratory in 2013, eliminating duplicates. The proportions with culture (for new smear negative pulmonary cases) and culture combined with DST (for previously treated patients) were estimated and analyzed by department. Data were analyzed using EpiData Analysis version 2.2. Results. There were 3 074 patients registered with TB (all forms), for a case notification rate of 20/100 000 population. Of these, 2 842 had new TB, of which 2 167 (76%) were smear-positive pulmonary TB (PTB), 385 (14%) were smear-negative PTB, and 290 (10%) were extrapulmonary TB. There were 232 (8%) previously treated cases. Case notification rates (all forms) varied by department from 2-68 per 100 000 population, with the highest rates seen in the southwest and northeast part of Guatemala. Of new TB patients, 136 had a culture performed and 55 had DST of which the results were 33 fully sensitive, 9 monoresistant, 3 poly resistant, and 10 multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB). Only 21 (5%) of new smear-negative PTB patients had cultures. Of 232 previously treated patients, 54 (23%) had a culture and 47 (20%) had DST, of which 29 were fully sensitive, 7 monoresistant, 2 polyresistant, and 9 MDR-TB. Of 22 departments (including the capital), culture and DST was performed in new smear-negative PTB in 7 departments (32%) and in previously treated TB in 13 departments (59%). Conclusions. Despite national guidelines, only 5% of smear-negative PTB cases had a culture and only 20% of previously treated TB had a culture and DST. Several departments did not perform culture or DST. These short comings must be improved if Guatemala is to curtail the spread of drug resistant forms of TB, while striving to eliminate all TB. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study documented the number and results of mycobacterial culture and drug sensitivity testing (CDST) in Mexico from 2009-2013 and assessed whether states with a higher risk of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) performed more CDST and had more cultures showing MDR-TB. Data for this longitudinal, descriptive, operational research study came from the electronic records of 31 state public health laboratories in Mexico. The total number of CDSTs was 6 470, increasing from 2 143 in the first 2 years to 4 327 in the latter 3 years. There was a significant increase in the proportion of cultures showing sensitivity to all drugs, from 53.1% to 60.9% in 2011-2013 (P < 0.001) and a significant decrease in the proportion showing MDR-TB, from 28.2% in 2009 to 19.8% in 2013 (P < 0.001). Cases of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis were < 1 % per year. In the 12 states with higher risk for MDR-TB, significantly more CDSTs (2 382 test) were done in 2011-2013 than in the other 19 states (1 945 tests). Also, for each year the proportion of cultures showing MDR-TB was significantly higher in high risk MDR-TB states than in lower risk ones (P < 0.001). During the 5-year study period, CDST was scaled up in Mexico, particularly in high-risk MDR-TB states where a higher proportion of cultures showed MDR-TB. Scale up and wider coverage of CDST should continue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]