Title
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and isoniazid preventive therapy protect contacts of patients with tuberculosis
Date Issued
01 April 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Zelner J.
Murray M.
Becerra M.
Galea J.
Contreras C.
Zhang Z.
Grenfell B.
Cohen T.
Publisher(s)
American Thoracic Society
Abstract
Rationale: Individuals living with patients with tuberculosis (TB) are at elevated risk of infection and disease, with children at greatest risk. The World Health Organization recommends isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for HIV-positive contacts and those younger than 5 years. Despite these recommendations, household-level IPT programs are rarely implemented in high TB burden settings. Evidence is scarce about the age-specific efficacy of interventions, such as IPT and bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination for preventing TB disease among exposed contacts. Objectives: We estimate the age-specific efficacy of IPT and BCG for preventing TB disease using data from a large observational prospective cohort study of household contacts of patients with TB in Lima, Peru. Methods: We identified all adults (> 15 yr) with incident pulmonary TB (index cases) diagnosed at 106 public health centers in Lima from September 2009 to August 2012. Among 14,041 household contacts (of 3,446 index cases) assessed for infection and disease during the yearlong follow-up period, we identified 462 additional TB cases. We estimate risk ratios (RR) for pulmonary TB associated with BCG, IPT, and latent TB infection. Measurements and Main Results: BCG confers protection against coprevalent and incident TB among HIV-negative children younger than 10 years (RR, 0.35; 95% confidence interval, 0.19-0.66). IPT confers protection against incident TB among HIV-negative contacts younger than 30 years (RR, 0.33; 95% confidence interval, 0.20-0.54). Risk of incident TB associated with latent TB infection is greatest for children younger than 5 years and decreases with age. Conclusions: These findings support the use of IPT in older children and young-adult household contacts, in addition to children younger than 5 years. Copyright © 2014 by the American Thoracic Society.
Start page
853
End page
859
Volume
189
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema respiratorio
Otros temas de medicina clĂnica
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84897448355
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
ISSN of the container
1073449X
Sponsor(s)
National Institutes of Health - U19 A1076217.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - R24HD047879.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
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