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Lodi, Sara, Fisher, Martin and The CASCADE Collaboration in EuroCoord, (2013) Risk of tuberculosis following HIV seroconversion in high-income countries. Thorax, 68 (3). pp. 207-213. ISSN 0040-6376
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BACKGROUND
Few data exist on tuberculosis (TB) incidence according to time from HIV seroconversion in high-income countries and whether rates following initiation of a combination of antiretroviral treatments (cARTs) differ from those soon after seroconversion.
METHODS
Data on individuals with well estimated dates of HIV seroconversion were used to analyse post-seroconversion TB rates, ending at the earliest of 1 January 1997, death or last clinic visit. TB rates were also estimated following cART initiation, ending at the earliest of death or last clinic visit. Poisson models were used to examine the effect of current and past level of immunosuppression on TB risk after cART initiation.
RESULTS
Of 19 815 individuals at risk during 1982-1996, TB incidence increased from 5.89/1000 person-years (PY) (95% CI 3.77 to 8.76) in the first year after seroconversion to 10.56 (4.83 to 20.04, p=0.01) at 10 years. Among 11 178 TB-free individuals initiating cART, the TB rate in the first year after cART initiation was 4.23/1000 PY (3.07 to 5.71) and dropped thereafter, remaining constant from year 2 onwards averaging at 1.64/1000 PY (1.29 to 2.05). Current CD4 count was inversely associated with TB rates, while nadir CD4 count was not associated with TB rates after adjustment for current CD4 count, HIV-RNA at cART initiation.
CONCLUSIONS
TB risk increases with duration of HIV infection in the absence of cART. Following cART initiation, TB incidence rates were lower than levels immediately following seroconversion. Implementation of current recommendations to prevent TB in early HIV infection could be beneficial.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Schools and Departments: | Brighton and Sussex Medical School > Brighton and Sussex Medical School |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0109 Infectious and parasitic diseases |
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| Depositing User: | Ellen Thomas |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2013 09:47 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2013 09:47 |
| URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/45904 |