Rajagopala Srinivas, Olithselvan A, Varghese Joy, Shanmugam Naresh, Rela Mohamed
Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Global Hospitals, Chennai, India.
J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2011 Jun;1(1):34-7. doi: 10.1016/S0973-6883(11)60120-5. Epub 2011 Aug 26.
Liver transplantation for end-stage liver disease is increasingly being undertaken in India.(1) Routine tuberculin skin testing (TST) for latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and isoniazid prophylaxis in TST-positive liver-transplant recipients (LTRs) is recommended(2,3) but seldom implemented worldwide.(4-7) The role of TST-testing and isoniazid prophylaxis in LTRs remains further undefined in high prevalence areas, including India. We describe the burden of LTBI in LTRs; the epidemiological aspects of M. tuberculosis infection in high prevalence areas; identifiable risk factors for M. tuberculosis infection; the limitations of current diagnostic techniques for LTBI in LTRs and the efficacy and toxicity of isoniazid prophylaxis in TST-positive LTRs and suggest directions for future investigations in this area.
在印度,终末期肝病的肝移植手术开展得越来越多。(1)对于潜在结核分枝杆菌感染(LTBI),推荐对肝移植受者(LTRs)进行常规结核菌素皮肤试验(TST),并对TST阳性的LTRs进行异烟肼预防治疗(2,3),但在全球范围内很少实施。(4-7)在包括印度在内的高流行地区,TST检测和异烟肼预防治疗在LTRs中的作用仍有待进一步明确。我们描述了LTRs中LTBI的负担;高流行地区结核分枝杆菌感染的流行病学特征;结核分枝杆菌感染的可识别危险因素;LTRs中当前LTBI诊断技术的局限性以及TST阳性LTRs中异烟肼预防治疗的疗效和毒性,并提出该领域未来研究的方向。