Méchaï F, Figoni J, Leblanc C, Gousseff M, Vignier N, Bouchaud O. Active pulmonary tuberculosis: Role for amikacin in early treatment.
Med Mal Infect 2016;
46:318-21. [PMID:
27235009 DOI:
10.1016/j.medmal.2016.04.010]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of amikacin on sputum conversion during initial sputum smear positive tuberculosis treatment.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Single-center observational cohort study (2012-2013) evaluating time to sputum smear conversion with standard treatment (ST) versus standard treatment+amikacin (IV 15mg/kg/day) for seven days (STamK).
RESULTS
Forty-five patients were included. Median time to smear negative samples was 26.5 days (14-56) for the 30 (66.7%) patients included in the ST group and 48 days (19.5-69.5) for the 15 patients (33.3%) included in the STamK group (P=0.76). Time to negative culture was only known for 27 patients (61.4%): 47.5 days (26-58) for 18 patients in the ST group and 40 days (14-77) for nine patients in the STamK group.
CONCLUSION
Despite our small sample size, the addition of amikacin in active tuberculosis treatment did not seem to impact time to smear conversion or period of contagiousness.
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