The Spectrum of Tuberculosis Disease in an Urban Ugandan Community and Its Health Facilities

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dc.contributor.authorKendall, Emily A.
dc.contributor.authorKitonsa, Peter J.
dc.contributor.authorNalutaaya, Annet
dc.contributor.authorErisa, Caleb
dc.contributor.authorMukiibi, James
dc.contributor.authorNakasolya, Olga
dc.contributor.authorIsooba, David
dc.contributor.authorBaik, Yeonsoo
dc.contributor.authorRobsky, Katherine O.
dc.contributor.authorKato-Maeda, Midori
dc.contributor.authorCattamanchi, Adithya
dc.contributor.authorKatamba, Achilles
dc.contributor.authorDowdy, David W.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-15T11:24:24Z
dc.date.available2023-01-15T11:24:24Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractNew, sensitive diagnostic tests facilitate identification and investigation of milder forms of tuberculosis (TB) disease. We used community-based TB testing with the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay (“Ultra”) to characterize individuals with previously undiagnosed TB and compare them to those from the same community who were diagnosed with TB through routine care. Methods. We offered community-based sputum Ultra testing to adult residents of a well-defined area (population 34 000 adults) in Kampala, Uganda, via door-to-door screening and venue-based testing, then used detailed interview and laboratory testing to characterize TB-positive individuals. We compared these individuals to residents diagnosed with pulmonary TB at local health facilities and a representative sample of residents without TB (controls). Results. Of 12 032 residents with interpretable Ultra results, 113 (940 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 780–1130] per 100 000) tested positive, including 71 (63%) positive at the lowest (trace) level. A spectrum of TB disease was observed in terms of chronic cough (93% among health facility–diagnosed cases, 77% among residents with positive community-based Ultra results at levels above trace, 33% among trace-positive community participants, and 18% among TB-negative controls), TB symptom prevalence (99%, 87%, 60%, and 38%, respectively), and C-reactive protein (75th percentile: 101 mg/L, 28 mg/L, 6 mg/L, and 4 mg/L, respectively). Community-diagnosed cases were less likely than health facility–diagnosed cases to have human immunodeficiency virus coinfection or previous TB. The specificity of Ultra was 99.4% (95% CI, 99.2%–99.5%) relative to a single spot sputum culture. Conclusions. People with undiagnosed prevalent TB in the community have different characteristics than those diagnosed with pulmonary TB in health facilities. Newer diagnostic tests may identify a group of people with early or very mild disease. Keywords. active case-finding; Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra; subclinical tuberculosis; prevalent tuberculosis.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKendall, E. A., Kitonsa, P. J., Nalutaaya, A., Erisa, K. C., Mukiibi, J., Nakasolya, O., ... & Dowdy, D. W. (2021). The spectrum of tuberculosis disease in an urban Ugandan community and its health facilities. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72(12), e1035-e1043. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1824en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1093/cid/ciaa1824
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6945
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherClinical Infectious Diseasesen_US
dc.subjectTuberculosis Diseaseen_US
dc.subjectUrban Ugandan Communityen_US
dc.subjectHealth Facilitiesen_US
dc.titleThe Spectrum of Tuberculosis Disease in an Urban Ugandan Community and Its Health Facilitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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