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YIELD OF REPEAT TUBERCULIN SKIN TESTING FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN BRAZIL
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University of Illinois at Chicago. Department of Medicine. Chicago, IL, USA.
Municipal Health Secretariat. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Departments of Epidemiology and International Health. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Estudos Estratégicos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Municipal Health Secretariat. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Departments of Epidemiology and International Health. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Municipal Health Secretariat. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Departments of Epidemiology and International Health. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Estudos Estratégicos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Municipal Health Secretariat. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Medicine. Baltimore, MD, USA / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Departments of Epidemiology and International Health. Baltimore, MD, USA.
Abstract
Objectives: In Brazil, annual tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) are recommended for people living with HIV (PLWH) with CD4 >350, with tuberculosis preventive therapy provided on test conversion. We aimed to determine the yield of repeat TSTs for PLWH.
Design: Secondary analysis of the stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized THRio trial for isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) to prevent tuberculosis (TB).
Methods: We analyzed data from newly registered PLWH with negative baseline TST results. We calculated the number of TST conversions after 1 and/or 2 years among patients eligible for follow-up TSTs, the proportion of converters initiating IPT, and incidence of TB/death.
Results: Among 1770 PLWH with a negative baseline TST, 679 (38%) were female and median age was 36 years (IQR 29-43). Eighty-six (5%) developed TB or died within 1 year. Among 1684 eligible for a follow-up 1-year TST, 582 (35%) were tested and 53 (9%) were positive. Forty-nine converters (92%) started IPT. Of 529 patients with a negative 1-year TST, 7 (1%) developed TB or died over the following year. Of 522 patients eligible for a 2-year TST, 158 (30%) were tested and 13 (8%) were positive. Ten converters (77%) started IPT. Of 1102 patients who did not receive a 1-year TST, 33 (3%) developed TB or died. Of the 1069 patients eligible for a 2-year TST, 259 (24%) were tested and 34 (13%) were positive. Thirty converters (88%) started IPT.
Conclusions: In this cohort of PLWH in Brazil, TST conversion was high among those retested, but only 48% received a follow-up TST within 2 years.
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