Isoniazid and Rifampicin Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in HIV Endemic Region of Western Kenya

Autor: Fredrick Ogumbo, Ronald Odero, Ben Odhiambo, Patrick Emojong, Albert Okumu, James Nonoh, Steve Wandiga, Bernard Guya
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
Zdroj: East Africa Science; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2022); 37-47
ISSN: 2664-0996
2664-1003
Popis: Background: Tuberculosis drug resistance is often associated with inadequate anti-tuberculosis treatment regimen resulting to mutations that confers resistance to anti-tuberculosis agents. This is aggravated by synergetic relationship between Tuberculosis and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Over 25% of Global Tuberculosis deaths occur in Africa and Kenya is one of the 30 high burden countries that together account for more than 80% of the world’s TB cases. According to World Health Organization, in 2018, Multi drug resistant Tuberculosis prevalence in Kenya was 1.3% in new cases and 4.4% in retreatment cases. Kisumu County recorded the second highest HIV prevalence at 18.6% against the national prevalence of 4.5% in 2020. The extent of regional burden of DR-TB and HIV co-infection has not been exactly well-defined in Western Kenya. Methods: This was a prospective cross sectional study that aimed to explore the association between Tuberculosis drug resistance and HIV status among new and previously treated pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Kisumu County, Kenya. Tuberculosis clinical suspects were recruited into the study and classified as HIV positive or negative based on their clinical data. Sputum samples from tuberculosis clinical suspects were subjected to fluorescent microscopy, phenotypic culture and line probe assay. Results: Out of a sample of 256, response rate was 216 of which HIV positive cases were 119(55.1%) and negative were 97 (44.9%). The study found that out of 11 that were phenotypic Isoniazid resistance 8(6.7%) were from HIV positive cases while 3 (3.2%) were from HIV negative cases. Phenotypic rifampicin resistance among the HIV positive were 8 (6.7%) while HIV negative were 2 (2.1%). All the 2(1.7%) MDR cases were from HIV positive participants. The study found out that HIV status and Tuberculosis cases were significantly associated at p
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