Epidemiology and Treatment Outcomes of Tuberculosis With Chronic Hepatitis B Infection-California, 2016-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improved epidemiologic and treatment data for active tuberculosis (TB) with chronic hepatitis B virus (cHBV) infection might inform and encourage screening and vaccination programs focused on persons at risk of having both conditions.

Methods

We matched the California Department of Public Health TB registry during 2016-2020 to the cHBV registry using probabilistic matching algorithms. We used chi-square analysis to compare the characteristics of persons with TB and cHBV with those with TB only. We compared TB treatment outcomes between these groups using modified Poisson regression models. We calculated the time between reporting of TB and cHBV diagnoses for those with both conditions.

Results

We identified 8435 persons with TB, including 316 (3.7%) with cH

SUBMITTER: Bertumen JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11493332 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature