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ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2017

Programmatic Evaluation of an Algorithm for Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy for People Living With HIV in Thailand and Vietnam.

Tori L Cowger, Le Hung Thai, Bui Duc Duong, Junya Danyuttapolchai, Somyot Kittimunkong, Nguyen Viet Nhung, Do Thi Nhan, Patama Monkongdee, Cao Kim Thoa, Vu Thi Khanh and 6 more

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Article in Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Tori L Cowger*U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA; †Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; ‡U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; §Vietnam Authority for HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC), Hanoi, Vietnam; ‖U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Bangkok, Thailand; ¶Thailand Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand; #National Lung Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam; **Vietnam National Tuberculosis Program (NTP), Hanoi, Vietnam; ††VAAC-U.S. CDC Co-agreement Project, Hanoi, Vietnam; ‡‡Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and §§Ho Chi Minh City Provincial AIDS Committee, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Le Hung Thai
Bui Duc Duong
Junya Danyuttapolchai
Somyot Kittimunkong
Nguyen Viet Nhung
Do Thi Nhan
Patama Monkongdee
Cao Kim Thoa
Vu Thi Khanh
Sriprapa Nateniyom
Nguyen Thi Bich Yen
Dong Van Ngoc
Tran Thinh
Sara Whitehead
Eric S Pevzner
Ministry of Public Health · THCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USHanoi Lung Hospital · VNHarvard University · USPham Ngoc Thach Hospital · VN

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999PEPFAR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTuberculosis (TB) screening affords clinicians the opportunity to diagnose or exclude TB disease and initiate isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for people living with HIV (PLHIV).

methodsWe implemented an algorithm to diagnose or rule out TB among PLHIV in 11 HIV clinics in Thailand and Vietnam. We assessed algorithm yield and uptake of IPT and factors associated with TB disease among PLHIV.

resultsA total of 1448 PLHIV not yet on antiretroviral therapy (ART) were enrolled and screened for TB. Overall, 634 (44%) screened positive and 119 (8%) were diagnosed with TB; of these, 40% (48/119) were diagnosed by a positive culture following a negative sputum smear microscopy. In total, 55% of those eligible (263/477) started on IPT and of those, 75% (196/263) completed therapy. The prevalence of TB disease we observed in this study was 8.2% (8218 per 100,000 persons): 46 and 25 times the prevalence of TB in the general population in Thailand and Vietnam, respectively. Several factors were independently associated with TB disease including being underweight [aOR (95% CI): 2.3 (1.2 to 2.6)] and using injection drugs [aOR (95% CI): 2.9 (1.3 to 6.3)].

conclusionsThe high yield of TB disease diagnosed among PLHIV screened with the algorithm, and higher burden among PLHIV who inject drugs, underscores the need for innovative, tailored approaches to TB screening and prevention. As countries adopt test-and-start for antiretroviral therapy, TB screening, sensitive TB diagnostics, and IPT should be included in differentiated-care models for HIV to improve diagnosis and prevention of TB among PLHIV.

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AdolescentAdultAlgorithmsAntitubercular AgentsCommunicable Disease ControlFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansIsoniazidMaleThailandTuberculosisVietnamYoung AdultAntitubercular AgentsIsoniazid

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