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Article: Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in bone marrow transplant recipients

TitleRisk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in bone marrow transplant recipients
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Issue Date1998
PublisherAmerican Thoracic Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org
Citation
American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine, 1998, v. 158 n. 4, p. 1173-1177 How to Cite?
AbstractLittle is known about the profile of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients. Of five BMT series with a total of more than 5,000 patients, only 10 cases of M. tuberculosis infection were described, with an overall incidence of 0.19%. We have conducted a prospective evaluation of 183 consecutive BMT recipients, and 10 patients were found to develop pulmonary tuberculosis post-BMT, yielding an incidence of 5.5%. We described the clinical features of these 10 patients, and analyzed the risk factors for development of tuberculosis using age- and sex-matched case control subjects who did not develop the disease. The median age of the 10 patients who developed tuberculosis was 29 yr (range, 17 to 40 yr). The median time for onset of symptoms was 150 d (range, 23 to 550 d), mainly presenting with fever and cough, with infiltrates on chest radiograph. Respiratory tract specimens, mostly sputum, yielded positive smears for acid- fast bacilli in three and positive M. tuberculosis culture in eight, whereas lung tissue histology was the first diagnostic test in two patients. Treatment with standard antituberculosis drugs for a longer duration was highly effective, with no excessive side effects Risk factors identified for development of tuberculosis included allogeneic BMT (p < 0.05, relative risk [RR] 23.7), total body irradiation (p < 0.05, RR 4.9), and chronic graft- versus-host disease (GVHD) (p < 0.05, RR 3.6). It is postulated that chronic GVHD predisposed to development of tuberculosis mainly via disruption of host reconstitution of immune defenses against M. tuberculosis.
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dc.contributor.authorYuen, KYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWoo, PCYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLuk, WKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTsang, KWTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, WKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLiang, RHSen_HK
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dc.identifier.citationAmerican Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine, 1998, v. 158 n. 4, p. 1173-1177en_HK
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dc.description.abstractLittle is known about the profile of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients. Of five BMT series with a total of more than 5,000 patients, only 10 cases of M. tuberculosis infection were described, with an overall incidence of 0.19%. We have conducted a prospective evaluation of 183 consecutive BMT recipients, and 10 patients were found to develop pulmonary tuberculosis post-BMT, yielding an incidence of 5.5%. We described the clinical features of these 10 patients, and analyzed the risk factors for development of tuberculosis using age- and sex-matched case control subjects who did not develop the disease. The median age of the 10 patients who developed tuberculosis was 29 yr (range, 17 to 40 yr). The median time for onset of symptoms was 150 d (range, 23 to 550 d), mainly presenting with fever and cough, with infiltrates on chest radiograph. Respiratory tract specimens, mostly sputum, yielded positive smears for acid- fast bacilli in three and positive M. tuberculosis culture in eight, whereas lung tissue histology was the first diagnostic test in two patients. Treatment with standard antituberculosis drugs for a longer duration was highly effective, with no excessive side effects Risk factors identified for development of tuberculosis included allogeneic BMT (p < 0.05, relative risk [RR] 23.7), total body irradiation (p < 0.05, RR 4.9), and chronic graft- versus-host disease (GVHD) (p < 0.05, RR 3.6). It is postulated that chronic GVHD predisposed to development of tuberculosis mainly via disruption of host reconstitution of immune defenses against M. tuberculosis.en_HK
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dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicineen_HK
dc.subject.meshBone Marrow Transplantation - adverse effects - immunologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshTuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy - etiology - immunology - physiopathology -en_HK
dc.subject.meshAntitubercular Agents - therapeutic useen_HK
dc.subject.meshGraft vs Host Disease - complications - immunologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshLung - microbiology - pathology - radiographyen_HK
dc.titleRisk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in bone marrow transplant recipientsen_HK
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