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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis. Richard Moriarty, MD UMass Medical School. “Yet the captain of all these men of death that came against him to take him away was consumption, for it was that that brought him down to the grave.” John Bunyan 1680. Tuberculosis. 1/3 of world’s population is infected

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Tuberculosis

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  1. Tuberculosis Richard Moriarty, MD UMass Medical School

  2. “Yet the captain of all these men of death that came against him to take him away was consumption, for it was that that brought him down to the grave.”John Bunyan 1680

  3. Tuberculosis • 1/3 of world’s population is infected • 2nd most common ID cause of death • 8 million new cases every year • 2 million deaths annually • Sub-Saharan Africa highest rate 290/100,000 • 2004 Liberia incidence 310/100,000

  4. Tuberculosis in Children • 500,000 children die annually from TB • Children more likely to develop TB once infected and are more vulnerable to disseminated TB • Children get infected from adults • Children with TB / latent TB infection (LTBI) indicate recent TB transmission • Report 2 groups: 0-4 and 5-14

  5. TB – The Bacterium • Mycobacterium tuberculosis • Aerobic, non-motile, non-spore forming • Persists for long periods of time • Waxy fatty capsule • Slow-growing

  6. TB Transmission • Droplet nuclei 1-5 um • Aerosolized by talking, singing, sighing, coughing, sneezing, yelling • Inhaled into alveoli • Only 1-5 bacilli needed to cause infection

  7. TB – Primary Infection • Multiply in macrophages • Lyse macrophages and spread to surrounding cells and regional lymph nodes (Ghon complex) • Initial CMI and DHS response prevents spread but takes 6 weeks to develop • Residual bacilli persist • 5-10% will develop disease later in life

  8. TB - Symptoms • Many children are asymptomatic • Low grade fevers • Weight loss or poor weight gain • Primary focus usually in the lungs • Chronic cough, wheezing • 25-35% present with lymphadenitis • 13% present with meningitis • Miliary

  9. TB Findings in Non-pulmonary foci • gibbus, especially of recent onset • non-painful enlarged cervical lymphadenopathy with with or without fistula formation; • meningitis not responding to antibiotic treatment, with a subacute onset or raised intracranial pressure • pleural effusion • distended abdomen with ascites • non-painful enlarged joint • signs of tuberculin hypersensitivity (e.g. phlyctenular conjunctivitis, erythema nodosum)

  10. TB SUSPICION INDICATOR TABLE

  11. TB - Diagnosis • Careful history • Clinical examination with growth assessment • Tuberculin skin testing • Bacteriological confirmation whenever possible • HIV testing (in high HIV prevalence areas)

  12. Tuberculin Skin Test • Mantoux test • Intradermal • Delayed hypersensitivity • False negatives: time, malnutrition, measles, • False positives

  13. Sputum Gastric aspirate Bacteriologic confirmation whenever possible

  14. Auramine O fluorescent stain for TB

  15. HIV counselling and testing is indicated for all TB patients as part of their routinemanagement.

  16. TB – Goals of Treatment • Kill actively growing and semi-dormant bacilli • Eliminate residual bacilli • Insure cure without relapse • Prevent death • Stop transmission • Prevent emergence of drug resistance

  17. TB – Treatment of Children • Children tolerate meds well • Directly observed therapy (DOT) is the gold standard • Extended treatment necessary for slow-growing organism • Irregular or incomplete treatment leads to multi-drug-resistant TB • Contact tracing is key

  18. TB - Treatment • Isoniazid • Rifampin • Pyrazinamide • Ethambutol

  19. Advanced Search First-Line Treatment of Tuberculosis (TB) for Drug-sensitive TB

  20. TB - Treatment

  21. TB – Duration of Therapy

  22. BCG Vaccine • M. bovis – 13 years of serial passage • Different strains around the globe • 50% efficacy; better against miliary and meningeal TB • No protective effect after 10 years • Complications: adenitis, drainage, disseminated disease • No additional protection from revaccination • May cause positive skin test

  23. TB-HIV Coinfection • PPD skin test may be negative • Be sure of diagnosis – rule out other causes of pneumonia: bacterial, viral, PCP, LIP • Begin TB treatment first • Start ART therapy 2-8 weeks after TB rx • INH preventive therapy if exposed to TB

  24. References • WHO 2006 Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children • www.tuberculosistextbook.com

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