Rechallenge after anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury in a high HIV prevalence cohort

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Title: Rechallenge after anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury in a high HIV prevalence cohort
Authors: Muhammed Shiraz Moosa, Gary Maartens, Hannah Gunter, Shaazia Allie, Mohamed F. Chughlay, Mashiko Setshedi, Sean Wasserman, David F. Stead, Karen Cohen
Source: Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp e1-e5 (2022)
Publisher Information: AOSIS, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Public aspects of medicine
LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Subject Terms: tuberculosis, anti-tuberculosis drugs, drug-induced liver injury, positive rechallenge, pyrazinamide, treatment interruption, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
More Details: Background: There are limited data on the outcomes of rechallenge with anti-tuberculosis therapy (ATT) following anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury (AT-DILI) in a high HIV prevalence setting. Objectives: To describe the outcomes of rechallenge with first-line ATT. Method: Hospitalised participants with AT-DILI who were enrolled into a randomised controlled trial of N-acetylcysteine in Cape Town, South Africa, were followed up until completion of ATT rechallenge. We described rechallenge outcomes, and identified associations with recurrence of liver injury on rechallenge (positive rechallenge). Results: Seventy-nine participants were rechallenged of whom 41 (52%) were female. Mean age was 37 years (standard deviation [s.d.] ±10). Sixty-eight (86%) were HIV-positive, of whom 34 (50%) were on antiretroviral therapy (ART) at time of AT-DILI presentation. Five participants had serious adverse reactions to an aminoglycoside included in the alternate ATT regimen given after first-line ATT interruption: acute kidney injury in three and hearing loss in two. The median time from first-line ATT interruption to start of first-line ATT rechallenge was 13 days (interquartile range [IQR]: 8–18 days). Antiretroviral therapy was interrupted for a median of 32 days (IQR: 17–58) among HIV-positive participants on ART before AT-DILI. Fourteen participants had positive rechallenge (18%). Positive rechallenge was associated with pyrazinamide rechallenge (P = 0.005), female sex (P = 0.039) and first episode of tuberculosis (TB) (P = 0.032). Conclusion: Rechallenge was successful in most of our cohort. Pyrazinamide rechallenge should be carefully considered.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1608-9693
2078-6751
Relation: https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/1376; https://doaj.org/toc/1608-9693; https://doaj.org/toc/2078-6751
DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1376
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/d783023a2226479e94501a89b8ee6df1
Accession Number: edsdoj.783023a2226479e94501a89b8ee6df1
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:16089693
20786751
DOI:10.4102/sajhivmed.v23i1.1376
Published in:Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Language:English