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Rev. chil. infectol ; 25(3): 209-212, jun. 2008. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-484893

ABSTRACT

Agencias internacionales para el control de la tuberculosis (TBC) (WHO, IUATLD, KNCV) consideran fracasado el tratamiento anti-tuberculoso si finalizado el mismo, persiste la baciloscopia (BK) positiva. Describimos el caso de un paciente con TBC pulmonar que, tras completar correctamente el tratamiento por 6 meses, continuaba siendo bacilífero. Después de 9 meses con terapia específica, a pesar de una BK positiva persistente, su tratamiento fue suspendido, porque estaba asintomático, con el peso corporal recuperado y ninguna muestra de esputo arrojó un cultivo positivo. Una revisión de la literatura médica permitió concluir que una BK positiva después de completar el tratamiento ocurre hasta en 5 por ciento de los casos pero, no siempre indica un fracaso en la terapia como señalan definiciones internacionales. Para una mejor evaluación de este tipo de pacientes, en circunstancias en que no se dispone del cultivo, discutimos un algoritmo que toma en cuenta la gravedad de la enfermedad al ser diagnosticada, el cumplimiento del tratamiento, la condición clínica del paciente al finalizar el mismo y la tasa de resistencia in vitro de M. tuberculosis en la comunidad, para así definir mejor un fracaso de tratamiento.


International agencies for tuberculosis (TB) control (WHO, IUATLD, KNCV) consider the presence of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in the sputum smear after completion of TB therapy as treatment failure. We describe a case of a pulmonary TB patient who received and correctly completed 6 months of antituberculous treatment with a positive AFB sputum smear. Treatment was continued and sputum cultures were performed for resistance determination. After 9 months, despite the persistence of AFB in the sputum smear, the treatment was suspended because none of the sputum samples yielded a positive culture, indicating no viable bacilli. In addition, the patient was asymptomatic and had recovered his body weight. An exhaustive review of medical literature allowed us to conclude that a positive sputum smear after therapy has been detected in up to 5 percent of cases and does not always represent a treatment failure as defined by international guidelines. For scenarios where culture methods are not available we propose a scheme to evaluate these patients. This includes compliance with the treatment, severity of the disease at the moment of diagnosis, clinical symptoms after specific therapy and rate of in vitro resistance of M. tuberculosis in the community.


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/drug therapy , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/microbiology , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Treatment Failure , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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