Multidrug resistance in tubercular mediastinal adenopathy diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis endobronchial ultrasound mediastinal lymphadenopthy tuberculosis

Journal

Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society
ISSN: 0970-2113
Titre abrégé: Lung India
Pays: India
ID NLM: 8405380

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
entrez: 29 2 2020
pubmed: 29 2 2020
medline: 29 2 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Drug resistance in tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem. It is easy to assess for drug resistance in pulmonary samples, but the resistance pattern of TB in the mediastinal nodes has not been studied. The aim of this study is to assess the incidence of multidrug resistance in tubercular mediastinal adenopathy with the help of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration. This was a prospective study at a tertiary care teaching hospital in New Delhi where 102 patients with positive mycobacterial cultures from mediastinal lymph node aspirates taken with the help of EBUS were enrolled over 24 months and their drug sensitivity to the first-line antitubercular drugs analyzed. There were 30 cases of drug resistance of 102 culture-positive cases. Of them, 8 patients had multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB), 16 cases had only single drug resistance, and the remaining 6 cases had more than one drug resistance pattern but not MDR. In our study, the overall incidence of MDR-TB is 7.8% (8/102), although the incidence of MDR-TB in new and re-treatment cases is 2.2% (2/89) and 46.1% (6/13), respectively. Such a high percentage of drug-resistant patients is common in tertiary care hospitals; however, similar percentages may be found in other settings as well. Therefore, all efforts should be made to take samples for Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture from the involved nodes before commencing therapy to avoid treatment failures.

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BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Drug resistance in tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem. It is easy to assess for drug resistance in pulmonary samples, but the resistance pattern of TB in the mediastinal nodes has not been studied. The aim of this study is to assess the incidence of multidrug resistance in tubercular mediastinal adenopathy with the help of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.
MATERIALS AND METHODS METHODS
This was a prospective study at a tertiary care teaching hospital in New Delhi where 102 patients with positive mycobacterial cultures from mediastinal lymph node aspirates taken with the help of EBUS were enrolled over 24 months and their drug sensitivity to the first-line antitubercular drugs analyzed.
RESULTS RESULTS
There were 30 cases of drug resistance of 102 culture-positive cases. Of them, 8 patients had multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB), 16 cases had only single drug resistance, and the remaining 6 cases had more than one drug resistance pattern but not MDR. In our study, the overall incidence of MDR-TB is 7.8% (8/102), although the incidence of MDR-TB in new and re-treatment cases is 2.2% (2/89) and 46.1% (6/13), respectively.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Such a high percentage of drug-resistant patients is common in tertiary care hospitals; however, similar percentages may be found in other settings as well. Therefore, all efforts should be made to take samples for Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture from the involved nodes before commencing therapy to avoid treatment failures.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32108597
pii: LungIndia_2020_37_2_130_279579
doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_421_19
pmc: PMC7065554
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

130-133

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

None

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Auteurs

Amit Dhamija (A)

Department of Chest Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Saurabh Goyal (S)

Department of Chest Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Abhinav Guliani (A)

Department of Chest Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Reena Raveendran (R)

Department of Microbiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Arup Kumar Basu (AK)

Department of Chest Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.

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