Tuberculosis treatment without rifampin in kidney/kidney-pancreas transplantation: A case series report.

BACKGROUND: The best approach to tuberculosis (TB) treatment in transplanted patients is still unknown. Current guidelines are based on evidence either extrapolated from other populations or observational. Rifampin-containing regimens have strong pharmacokinetic interactions with immunosuppressive regimens, with high rates of organ dysfunction and ∼20% mortality. This report describes the results obtained using non-rifampin-containing regimens to treat confirmed TB in adult patients with kidney/kidney-pancreas transplantation. METHODS: Retrospective data analysis from confirmed TB cases in adult kidney/kidney-pancreas transplant recipients (2006-2019), treated "de novo" with non-rifampin-containing regimens. RESULTS: Fifty-seven patients had confirmed TB. Thirty patients were treated "de novo" with non-rifampin-containing regimens. These patients' mean age was 49.24 (±11.50) years. Induction immunosuppression was used in 22 patients. Maintenance immunosuppression was tacrolimus-mycophenolate-steroids in 13 (43%), sirolimus-mycophenolate-steroids in 6 (20%), and other immunosuppressive regimens in 11 (36%). Belatacept was used in four patients. TB localizations: pulmonary 43%; disseminated 23%; extrapulmonary 33%. Twenty-seven (90%) patients completed treatment with isoniazid, ethambutol, and levofloxacin (12 months, 23; 9 months, 3; 6 months, 1); 12 of these patients also received pyrazinamide for the first 2 months and were cured with functioning grafts. One patient (3%) lost the graft while on treatment. Two patients (7%) died while on TB treatment. Median (range) follow-up after completion of TB treatment was 32 (8-150) months. No TB relapses were observed. CONCLUSIONS: Results with non-rifampin-containing TB treatments in this case series were better (in terms of mortality and graft dysfunction) than those previously described with rifampin-containing regimens in transplanted patients.

[Strongyloides hyperinfection in patient from Patagonia with HTLV-1 co-infection]. / Hiperinfección por Strongyloides en paciente de la Patagonia con co-infección por HTLV-1.

Strongylodiasis is an unattended condition caused by the parasite Strongyloides stercoralis. The Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome can develop in immunosuppressed hosts, mainly in those with depression of cellular immunity. Co-infection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) is a risk factor for the development of severe forms of strongyloidiasis. We present the case of a 50-year-old man with Strongyloides hyperinfection and coinfection with HTLV. The diagnosis was delayed owing to its unusual epidemiology and an initial suspicion of inflammatory bowel disease. Identification of the parasite in bronchioalveolar lavage and duodenal and colonic mucosa biopsies confirmed the diagnosis. Subcutaneous ivermectin was used as an anthelmintic treatment with an adequate therapeutic response.

La estrongiloidiasis es una afección desatendida causada por el parásito Strongyloides stercoralis. En los individuos inmunosuprimidos, fundamentalmente en los que tienen depresión de la inmunidad celular, puede desarrollarse el síndrome de hiperinfección por Strongyloides. La coinfección con virus linfotrópico de células T humanas (HTLV) es un factor de riesgo para el desarrollo de formas graves de estrongiloidiasis. Presentamos el caso de un hombre de 50 años con hiperinfección por Strongyloides y coinfección con HTLV. Se demoró el diagnóstico debido a su epidemiología inusual y a la sospecha inicial de enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal. El diagnóstico se confirmó mediante la identificación del parásito en muestras de lavado bronquio-alveolar y biopsias de mucosa duodenal y colónica. Se utilizó ivermectina subcutánea como tratamiento antihelmíntico con adecuada respuesta terapéutica.

Hiperinfección por Strongyloides en paciente de la Patagonia con co-infección por HTLV-1 / Strongyloides hyperinfection in patient from Patagonia with HTLV-1 co-infection

La estrongiloidiasis es una afección desatendida causada por el parásito Strongyloides stercoralis. En los individuos inmunosuprimidos, fundamentalmente en los que tienen depresión de la inmunidad celular, puede desarrollarse el síndrome de hiperinfección por Strongyloides. La coinfección con virus linfotrópico de células T humanas (HTLV) es un factor de riesgo para el desarrollo de formas graves de estrongiloidiasis. Presentamos el caso de un hombre de 50 años con hiperinfección por Strongyloides y coinfección con HTLV. Se demoró el diagnóstico debido a su epidemiología inusual y a la sospecha inicial de enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal. El diagnóstico se confirmó mediante la identificación del parásito en muestras de lavado bronquio-alveolar y biopsias de mucosa duodenal y colónica. Se utilizó ivermectina subcutánea como tratamiento antihelmíntico con adecuada respuesta terapéutica.

Strongylodiasis is an unattended condition caused by the parasite Strongyloides stercoralis. The Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome can develop in immunosuppressed hosts, mainly in those with depression of cellular immunity. Co-infection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) is a risk factor for the development of severe forms of strongyloidiasis. We present the case of a 50-year-old man with Strongyloides hyperinfection and coinfection with HTLV. The diagnosis was delayed owing to its unusual epidemiology and an initial suspicion of inflammatory bowel disease. Identification of the parasite in bronchioalveolar lavage and duodenal and colonic mucosa biopsies confirmed the diagnosis. Subcutaneous ivermectin was used as an anthelmintic treatment with an adequate therapeutic response.