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ArticleRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo2020

Access and adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy and occurrence of active TB in a cohort of people living with HIV: a retrospective cohort study in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Camila Melo Picone, Angela Carvalho Freitas, Eliana B Gutierrez, Vivian Iida Avelino-Silva

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Article in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Camila Melo PiconeUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2455-5831
Angela Carvalho FreitasUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Eliana B GutierrezUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Vivian Iida Avelino-SilvaUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6660-3088
Universidade de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is still a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV (PLHIV). The diagnosis of latent TB is required for the implementation of prophylactic therapy with isoniazid (PTI). However, low access to diagnosis of latent TB and non-adherence to PTI may hinder potential benefits of this essential intervention. In this study, we addressed the access and adherence to PTI in a cohort of PLHIV with positive tuberculin skin test (TST) in a reference HIV clinic in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We have also analyzed the occurrence of active TB over a median of 131 months after a positive TST among study participants. Our findings revealed that 88.3% of the 238 TST-positive patients had access to PTI, and 196 (93.3%) of those with access adhered to PTI. Active tuberculosis was diagnosed in three of the 196 TST-positive patients who adhered to PTI (1.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.3-4.4%), whereas seven cases were detected among 42 patients without access or who did not adhere to PTI (16.6%; 95% CI 7.0-31.3%). The apparent beneficial effect of PTI in our cohort is consistent with previous studies including PLHIV, and highlights the importance of reliably delivering each of the steps between screening for latent TB and provision of PTI.

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AdultAntitubercular AgentsBrazilCohort StudiesFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansIsoniazidLatent TuberculosisMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsTuberculin TestTuberculosisAntitubercular AgentsIsoniazid

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PMID32049259
PMCPMC7014552
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