Assessing TB treatment outcomes in pregnant women living with HIV with drug-susceptible TB
BACKGROUND: Limited data exist on TB treatment outcomes among pregnant women with TB. Physiological and immunological adaptations during pregnancy may affect the efficacy of TB treatment. We aimed to evaluate factors associated with unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes among pregnant women living with...
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| author | N. Hernandez-Morfin S. Cohn Z. Waja R.E. Chaisson N. Martinson N. Salazar-Austin |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Limited data exist on TB treatment outcomes among pregnant women with TB. Physiological and immunological adaptations during pregnancy may affect the efficacy of TB treatment. We aimed to evaluate factors associated with unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes among pregnant women living with HIV (PWLHIV) and diagnosed with TB in the Tshepiso study. METHODS: In this secondary analysis, we used multivariable logistic regression to evaluate factors associated with unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes among PWLHIV with drug-sensitive TB disease enrolled in the Tshepiso study in Soweto, South Africa, from 2011–2014. RESULTS: This analysis includes 79 PWLHIV diagnosed with drug-sensitive TB during pregnancy; 18 (23%) had an unsuccessful treatment outcome. Factors associated with unsuccessful TB treatment include detectable HIV RNA viral load at enrollment to the study (aOR 5.1, 95% CI 1.1–25.3), presence of extrapulmonary TB (aOR 2.2, 95% CI 0.4–11.7), bacteriological (positive smear and/or culture) confirmation of TB (aOR 2.1, 95% CI 0.7–6.7), and anemia (Hb ≤ 10.5 g/dL) (aOR 1.0, 95% CI 0.3–3.1). The only factor with statistical significance was a detectable HIV RNA viral load. CONCLUSION: Detectable HIV viral load emerges as a critical factor associated with an unsuccessful TB treatment outcome in pregnant women living with HIV and diagnosed with TB. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d20c59e4ab0b4675b05bc6d894fba0e22025-08-20T03:00:27ZengThe UnionPublic Health Action2220-83722025-03-01151333710.5588/pha.24.00517Assessing TB treatment outcomes in pregnant women living with HIV with drug-susceptible TBN. Hernandez-Morfin0S. Cohn1Z. Waja2R.E. Chaisson3N. Martinson4N. Salazar-Austin5Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;BACKGROUND: Limited data exist on TB treatment outcomes among pregnant women with TB. Physiological and immunological adaptations during pregnancy may affect the efficacy of TB treatment. We aimed to evaluate factors associated with unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes among pregnant women living with HIV (PWLHIV) and diagnosed with TB in the Tshepiso study. METHODS: In this secondary analysis, we used multivariable logistic regression to evaluate factors associated with unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes among PWLHIV with drug-sensitive TB disease enrolled in the Tshepiso study in Soweto, South Africa, from 2011–2014. RESULTS: This analysis includes 79 PWLHIV diagnosed with drug-sensitive TB during pregnancy; 18 (23%) had an unsuccessful treatment outcome. Factors associated with unsuccessful TB treatment include detectable HIV RNA viral load at enrollment to the study (aOR 5.1, 95% CI 1.1–25.3), presence of extrapulmonary TB (aOR 2.2, 95% CI 0.4–11.7), bacteriological (positive smear and/or culture) confirmation of TB (aOR 2.1, 95% CI 0.7–6.7), and anemia (Hb ≤ 10.5 g/dL) (aOR 1.0, 95% CI 0.3–3.1). The only factor with statistical significance was a detectable HIV RNA viral load. CONCLUSION: Detectable HIV viral load emerges as a critical factor associated with an unsuccessful TB treatment outcome in pregnant women living with HIV and diagnosed with TB.https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/iuatld/pha/2025/00000015/00000001/art00007pregnancymaternal healthtuberculosistb-hiv co-infectiontbtreatment outcomes |
| spellingShingle | N. Hernandez-Morfin S. Cohn Z. Waja R.E. Chaisson N. Martinson N. Salazar-Austin Assessing TB treatment outcomes in pregnant women living with HIV with drug-susceptible TB Public Health Action pregnancy maternal health tuberculosis tb-hiv co-infection tb treatment outcomes |
| title | Assessing TB treatment outcomes in pregnant women living with HIV with drug-susceptible TB |
| title_full | Assessing TB treatment outcomes in pregnant women living with HIV with drug-susceptible TB |
| title_fullStr | Assessing TB treatment outcomes in pregnant women living with HIV with drug-susceptible TB |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing TB treatment outcomes in pregnant women living with HIV with drug-susceptible TB |
| title_short | Assessing TB treatment outcomes in pregnant women living with HIV with drug-susceptible TB |
| title_sort | assessing tb treatment outcomes in pregnant women living with hiv with drug susceptible tb |
| topic | pregnancy maternal health tuberculosis tb-hiv co-infection tb treatment outcomes |
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