Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
PLoS One. 2010 May 7;5(5):e10527. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010527.
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) effectively decreases tuberculosis (TB) incidence long-term, but is associated with high TB incidence rates in the first 6 months. We sought to determine the incidence and the long-term effects of TB during ART on HIV treatment outcome, and the risk factors for incident TB during ART in a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda.
METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Routinely collected longitudinal clinical data from all patients initiated on first-line ART was retrospectively analysed. 5,982 patients were included with a median baseline CD4+ T cell count (CD4 count) of 117 cells/mm(3) (interquartile range [IQR]; 42, 182). In the first 2 years, there were 336 (5.6%) incident TB events in 10,710 person-years (py) of follow-up (3.14 cases/100 pyar [95% CI 2.82-3.49]); incidence rates at 0-3, 3-6, 6-12 and 12-24 months were 11.25 (9.58-13.21), 6.27 (4.99-7.87), 2.47 (1.87-3.36) and 1.02 (0.80-1.31), respectively. Incident TB during ART was independently associated with baseline CD4 count of <50 cells/mm(3) (hazard ratio [HR] 1.84 [1.25-2.70], P = 0.002) and male gender (HR 1.68 [1.34-2.11], P<0.001). After two years on ART, the patients who had developed TB in the first 12 months had a significantly lower median CD4 count increase (184 cells/mm(3) [IQR; 107, 258, n = 118] vs 209 cells/mm(3) [124, 309, n = 2166], P = 0.01), a larger proportion of suboptimal immune reconstitution according to two definitions (increase in CD4 count <200 cells/mm(3): 57.4% vs 46.9%, P = 0.03, and absolute CD4 count <200 cells/mm(3): 30.4 vs 19.9%, P = 0.006), and a higher percentage of immunological failure according to the WHO criteria (13.6% vs 6.5%, P = 0.003). Incident TB during ART was independently associated with poor CD4 count recovery and fulfilling WHO immunological failure definitions.
CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Incident TB during ART occurs most often within 3 months and in patients with CD4 counts less than 50 cells/mm(3). Incident TB during ART is associated with long-term impairment in immune recovery.
抗逆转录病毒疗法(ART)可有效降低结核病(TB)的长期发病率,但与前 6 个月内的高 TB 发病率相关。我们旨在确定在乌干达一家大型城市 HIV 诊所中,ART 期间 TB 的发生率及其对 HIV 治疗结果的长期影响,以及 ART 期间发生 TB 的危险因素。
方法/主要发现:回顾性分析了所有首次接受一线 ART 治疗的患者的常规纵向临床数据。共纳入 5982 例患者,中位基线 CD4+T 细胞计数(CD4 计数)为 117 个细胞/mm³(四分位距 [IQR];42,182)。在前 2 年中,在 10710 人年(py)的随访中发生了 336 例(5.6%)新发 TB 事件(3.14 例/100 pyar [95%CI 2.82-3.49]);0-3、3-6、6-12 和 12-24 个月的发生率分别为 11.25(9.58-13.21)、6.27(4.99-7.87)、2.47(1.87-3.36)和 1.02(0.80-1.31)。ART 期间发生的新发 TB 与基线 CD4 计数<50 个细胞/mm³(风险比 [HR] 1.84 [1.25-2.70],P=0.002)和男性性别(HR 1.68 [1.34-2.11],P<0.001)独立相关。在 ART 治疗两年后,在前 12 个月内发生 TB 的患者的 CD4 计数增加中位数显著较低(184 个细胞/mm³[IQR;107,258,n=118]与 209 个细胞/mm³[124,309,n=2166],P=0.01),根据两种定义,免疫重建不足的比例更大(CD4 计数增加<200 个细胞/mm³:57.4%与 46.9%,P=0.03,绝对 CD4 计数<200 个细胞/mm³:30.4%与 19.9%,P=0.006),并且根据世卫组织标准,免疫失败的百分比更高(13.6%与 6.5%,P=0.003)。ART 期间发生的新发 TB 与 CD4 计数恢复不良和符合世卫组织免疫失败定义独立相关。
结论/意义:ART 期间的新发 TB 最常发生在 3 个月内,且发生于 CD4 计数<50 个细胞/mm³的患者中。ART 期间发生的新发 TB 与长期免疫恢复受损相关。