Treatment outcomes in global systematic review and patient meta-analysis of children with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) has ex-tremely poor treatment outcomes in adults. Limited data are available for children. We report on clinical manifesta-tions, treatment, and outcomes for 37 children (<15 years of age) with bacteriologically confirmed XDR TB in 11 coun-tries. These patients were managed during 1999–2013. For the 37 children, median age was 11 years, 32 (87%) had pulmonary TB, and 29 had a recorded HIV status; 7 (24%) were infected with HIV. Median treatment duration was 7.0 months for the intensive phase and 12.2 months for the continuation phase. Thirty (81%) children had favor-able treatment outcomes. Four (11%) died, 1 (3%) failed treatment, and 2 (5%) did not complete treatment. We found a high proportion of favorable treatment outcomes among children, with mortality rates markedly lower than for adults. Regimens and duration of treatment varied considerably. Evaluation of new regimens in children is required.
Date Issued
2019-03-01
Date Acceptance
2019-03-01
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, 25 (3), pp.441-450
ISSN
1080-6040
Publisher
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
Start Page
441
End Page
450
Journal / Book Title
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume
25
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
Emerging Infectious Diseases is an open access journal in the public domain. All content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. In accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of Open Access, users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Because the journal is in the public domain, its usage policy also conforms to conditions set for by Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT
MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS
SOUTH-AFRICA
HEARING-LOSS
DISEASE
TB
ADOLESCENTS
COLLECTION
MORTALITY
DIAGNOSIS
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-03-01