One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam

Diep NT Nguyen; Trung V Nguyen; Trinh T Dao; Lam T Nguyen; Peter Horby; Kinh Van Nguyen; Heiman FL Wertheim

doi:10.3855/jidc.4895

One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam

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Diep NT Nguyen Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program Vietnam, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, Vietnam
Trung V Nguyen National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD), Hanoi, Vietnam
Trinh T Dao National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD), Hanoi, Vietnam
Lam T Nguyen National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD), Hanoi, Vietnam
Peter Horby Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program Vietnam, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, Vietnam
Kinh Van Nguyen National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD), Hanoi, Vietnam
Heiman FL Wertheim Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program Vietnam, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.4895

Keywords:

tuberculosis, blood culture, HIV

Abstract

Introduction: To evaluate the use of mycobacterial blood cultures (MBC) in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in patients with prolonged fever admitted to a Vietnamese referral hospital.

Results: MBCs from 94 patients (66% male; median age 33 years; 75% HIV positive) were evaluated: 14 were mycobacterium positive (all HIV positive), and MBC was the only positive specimen in 9 cases (41%). Three positive cases were identified as Mycobacterium avium and the remaining M. tuberculosis (one case could not be identified).

Conclusion: MBC can be a valuable additional method to diagnose TB, particularly in immunosuppressed HIV patients when sputum cannot be collected.

Author Biography

Heiman FL Wertheim, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program Vietnam, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, Vietnam

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2014-12-15

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Nguyen DN, Nguyen TV, Dao TT, Nguyen LT, Horby P, Nguyen KV, Wertheim HF (2014) One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam. J Infect Dev Ctries 8:1620–1624. doi: 10.3855/jidc.4895

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Vol. 8 No. 12: December 2014

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