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ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2022

Heightened Microbial Translocation Is a Prognostic Biomarker of Recurrent Tuberculosis.

Nathella Pavan Kumar, Kadar Moideen, Vijay Viswanathan, Shanmugam Sivakumar, Shaik Fayaz Ahamed, C Ponnuraja, Syed Hissar, Hardy Kornfeld, Subash Babu

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Nathella Pavan KumarNational Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India.
Kadar MoideenNational Institutes of Health-NIRT- International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India.
Vijay ViswanathanProf. M. Viswanathan Diabetes Research Center, Chennai, India.
Shanmugam SivakumarNational Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India.
Shaik Fayaz AhamedNational Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India.
C PonnurajaNational Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India.
Syed HissarNational Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India.
Hardy KornfeldUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8970-7306
Subash BabuNational Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India.

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India International Center for Excellence in ResearchZIAAI001065 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI NUTMAN, THOMAS · 2009 to 2025
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Abstract

backgroundMicrobial translocation is a known characteristic of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Whether microbial translocation is also a biomarker of recurrence in PTB is not known.

methodsWe examined the presence of microbial translocation in a cohort of newly diagnosed, sputum smear, and culture positive individuals with drug-sensitive PTB. Participants were followed up for a year following the end of anti-tuberculosis treatment. They were classified as cases (in the event of recurrence, n = 30) and compared to age and gender matched controls (in the event of successful, recurrence free cure; n = 51). Plasma samples were used to measure the circulating microbial translocation markers. All the enrolled study participants were treatment naïve, HIV negative and with or without diabetes mellitus.

resultsBaseline levels of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (P = .0002), sCD14 (P = .0191), and LPS-binding protein (LBP) (P < .0001) were significantly higher in recurrence than controls and were associated with increased risk for recurrence, whereas intestinal fatty acid binding protein (I-FABP) and Endocab showed no association. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis demonstrated the utility of these individual microbial markers in discriminating recurrence from cure with high sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve (AUC).

conclusionsRecurrence following microbiological cure in PTB is characterized by heightened baseline microbial translocation. These markers can be used as a rapid prognostic tool for predicting recurrence in PTB.

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TuberculosisTuberculosis, PulmonaryBiomarkersHumansPrognosisSputumBiomarkersmicrobial translocationrecurrent tuberculosistuberculosis

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PMID35352112
PMCPMC9662171

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