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Male Sex Is Associated With Worse Microbiological and Clinical Outcomes Following Tuberculosis Treatment: A Retrospective Cohort Study, a Systematic Review of the Literature, and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the incidence of tuberculosis is higher in men than in women, the relationship of sex with tuberculosis treatment outcomes has not been adequately studied.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study and a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies during the last 10 years to assess sex differences in clinical and microbiological outcomes in tuberculosis.

Results

In our cohort of 2894 Taiwanese patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis (1975 male and 919 female), male patients had higher adjusted hazards of 9-month mortality due to all causes (hazard ratio, 1.43 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.03-1.98]) and infections (1.70 [1.09-2.64]) and higher adjusted odds of 2-month sputum culture positivity (odds ratio [OR], 1.56 [95% CI, 1.05-2.33]) compared with female patients. Smear positivity at 2 months did not differ significantly (OR, 1.27 [95% CI, .71-2.27]) between the sexes. Among 7896 articles retrieved, 398 were included in our systematic review describing a total of 3 957 216 patients. The odds of all-cause mortality were higher in men than in women in the pooled unadjusted (OR, 1.26 [95% CI, 1.19-1.34]) and adjusted (1.31 [1.18-1.45]) analyses. Men had higher pooled odds of sputum culture (OR, 1.44 [95% CI, 1.14-1.81]) and sputum smear (1.58 [1.41-1.77]) positivity, both at the end of the intensive phase and on completion of treatment.

Conclusions

Our retrospective cohort showed that male patients with tuberculosis have higher 9-month all-cause and infection-related mortality, with higher 2-month sputum culture positivity after adjustment for confounding factors. In our meta-analysis, male patients showed higher all-cause and tuberculosis-related mortality and higher sputum culture and smear positivity rates during and after tuberculosis treatment.

SUBMITTER: Chidambaram V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8563313 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Male Sex Is Associated With Worse Microbiological and Clinical Outcomes Following Tuberculosis Treatment: A Retrospective Cohort Study, a Systematic Review of the Literature, and Meta-analysis.

Chidambaram Vignesh V Tun Nyan Lynn NL Majella Marie Gilbert MG Ruelas Castillo Jennie J Ayeh Samuel K SK Kumar Amudha A Neupane Pranita P Sivakumar Ranjith Kumar RK Win Ei Phyo EP Abbey Enoch J EJ Wang Siqing S Zimmerman Alyssa A Blanck Jaime J Gupte Akshay A Wang Jann-Yuan JY Karakousis Petros C PC

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20211101 9

<h4>Background</h4>Although the incidence of tuberculosis is higher in men than in women, the relationship of sex with tuberculosis treatment outcomes has not been adequately studied.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a retrospective cohort study and a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies during the last 10 years to assess sex differences in clinical and microbiological outcomes in tuberculosis.<h4>Results</h4>In our cohort of 2894 Taiwanese patients with drug-susceptible pulmo ...[more]

PMID: 34100919

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Male Sex Is Associated With Worse Microbiological and Clinical Outcomes Following Tuberculosis Treatment: A Retrospective Cohort Study, a Systematic Review of the Literature, and Meta-analysis.

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