Induction of the Antigen 85 Complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum: A Determinant of Outcome in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment

View/ Open
Date
1998Author
Wallis, Robert S.
Perkins, Mark
Phillips, Manijeh
Joloba, Moses
Demchuk, Barbara
Namale, Alice
Johnson, John L.
Williams, Donna
Wolski, Kathy
Dietze, Reynaldo
Mugerwa, Roy D.
Eisenach, Kathleen
Ellner, Jerrold J.
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Sputum quantitative culture, acid-fast smear, days-to-positive by BACTEC, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 85 complex were monitored during therapy in 42 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). By BACTEC, 4 patients were persistently positive on days 90–180, and treatment ultimately failed in 2 of these. Antigen 85 expression increased in subjects in whom disease persisted (persisters) from days 0 to 14 when the difference between persisters and nonpersisters was statistically significant (P .002). Only antigen 85 complex values at day 14 suggested TB persistence at or after day 90. All subjects with day 14 antigen 85 complex values 60 pg/mL responded rapidly to treatment and were cured. Of those with values 60 pg/mL, in 33% TB persisted at or after day 90 and treatment failed in 17%. Biologic factors expressed early in therapy, not related to compliance or resistance, may exert a substantial influence on outcome. The antigen 85 complex is critical in cell wall biosynthesis and is induced by isoniazid in vitro. Its induction may represent an adaptive transition to a persistent state during therapy
URI
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-abstract/178/4/1115/837925https://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/786
Collections
- Medical and Health Sciences [3684]