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PO 8182 INVESTIGATING TREATMENT RESPONSE OF PATIENTS WITH CONFIRMED DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN AN HIV-1-ENDEMIC POPULATION IN WESTERN KENYA
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  1. Clement Shiluli1,
  2. Collins Ouma1,
  3. Jeremiah Khayumbi2,
  4. Wilfred Murithi2,
  5. Albert Ochieng2,
  6. Susan Musau3
  1. 1Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Maseno University, Kenya
  2. 2Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Global Health Research, Nairobi, Kenya
  3. 3Maryland Global Initiatives Corporation, USA

Abstract

Background In 2015, 10.4 million people worldwide had tuberculosis (TB) and 1.4 million deaths occurred, 400 000 of whom were HIV-positive. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 81% of these cases. In western Kenya, current data on the distribution of rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH) mutations is not available. The association of gene mutations with HIVinfection and the treatment response of HIV-infected and -uninfected patients with TB are not known. This study „determined the proportion of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum isolates and investigated the association of RIF and INH gene mutations with HIV status and monitored the treatment response of TB/HIV-co-infected patients.

Methods The present study was longitudinal, and enrolment was done between 2012 and 2014 after the revision of the TB treatment regimen. Patients with confirmed drug-resistant TB were followed up for one year to establish the TB treatment response as confirmed by sputum smear microscopy.

Results A total of 1381 new and 18 previously treated TB patients were enrolled. Sputum samples were cultured on Mycobacteria-growth indicator tubes; drug susceptibility tests and line probe assay were performed to identify drug resistance and specific mutations on the rpo B, kat G and inh A’genes. Discordant samples were sequenced. Conversion rate was calculated by finding the percentage of smear-negative and -positive patients at follow-up and initial visit, respectively. Regression analysis showed that RIF resistance was associated with HIV status (p=0.025). Mann-Whitney tests revealed that the conversion time of HIV-infected and -uninfected patients with TB drug mutations was comparable (p=0.180).

Conclusion The study showed that INH mono-resistance was common. Detection of INH mono-resistance in TB-endemic areas should be scaled-up as well as TB contact investigation studies to increase early detection of resistant strains.

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