Tuberculosis

267 Pages·2012·31.161 MB·English

by  G. B. Migliori, C. Lange

European Respiratory Monograph 58, December 2012
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Tuberculosis
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Contents
Number 58 December 2012
Preface
Guest Editors vi
Introduction viii
1. Microbiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a new diagnostic
test for TB
Vera Katalinic-Jankovic, Lucinda Furci and Da11iela Maria Cirillo
2. Epidemiology of TB 14
Lia D'Ambrosio, Antonio Spanevello and Rosella Centis
3. Pulmonary diseases caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria 25
Jakko van lngen, David E. Griffith, Timothy R. Aksamit and Dirk Wagner
4. Human genetic variability and susceptibility to pulmonary TB 38
Thorsten 1l1ye and Christian G. Meyer
5. State of the art in vaccine development against TB 59
Tom H.M. Ottenhoff and Stefan H.E. Kaufmann
6. Prevention of TB in areas of low incidence 72
Roland Diel and Albert ienhaus
1. Prevention of TB in areas of high incidence 84
Ben }. Marais, H. Simon Schaaf and Dick Menzies
8. TB drug resistance in high-incidence countries 95
Keertan Dheda, Grant Theron, Jonathan G. Peter, Greg Symons,
Rodney Dawson and Paul Willcox
9. TB drug resistance in low-incidence countries I 11
Kai Kliiman, Gunar Gii11t/1er a11d Alan Altraja
10. Diagnosis of TB: state of the art 124
Jonathan G. Peter, Richard N. van Zyl-Smit, Claudia M. Denkinger and
Madhukar Pai
11. Omics and single molecule detection: the future of TB diagnostics 144
Graham H. Bothamley, Morten Rulnvald and Delia Goletti
12. reat en of B
Jo . Caminero lb rto Matt /Ji and fu i toph Lang
13. Management of adverse drug events in TB therapy 167
hi hiu L unKi Chari - I. D I y, Han L. Ri der and ing \. ai Yt l
14. TB in migrants 1 1
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15. Bin chi dren
b'/; b h hi taker, hristin Jones nd B ate ampm nn
16. 8 as an occupational disease 21
lbert ienhaus nj h blon Fi li. . Ring hausen fos' Torr osta,
miniqu Trip di nd Ian i I
17. TB in the immu ocompromised host 0
artin est r, r os Bumba ea Raqu I Duar e and hris oph ang
18. he WHO s ra egy for B con rol and elimina ion 2
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Preface
W ith the introduction of tuberculostatic antibiotics and the improve
ment of living conditions in developed countries, it was generally felt
thal the problem of Luberculosis (TB) had been overcome. However, the
persistent problems caused by the di ease that were seen in developing
countries were not really noticed beyond expert circles. With the spread of
AID in the 1980s, TB returned to the forefront of attention as one of the
major opportunistic infections in AIDS patients. In the years that followed,
the first reports of difficult-to-treat multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB were
published. ln the beginning, reports were limited to countries with a high
AIDS prevalence; however, after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the
opening of the former Communist countries to the West, the full extent of
MOR-TB became clear.
The number of presentations that focussed on TB at the 2012 European
Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Vienna was truly amazing. Many of
the contributions reported increasing MOR in different parts of the world. A
recently published sludy from eight countries, including Estonia, Latvia and
Russia, demonstrated a dramatic increase in extensively drug-resistant
(XDR)-TB I l]. Previous treatment with second-Line anti-TB drugs was
shown to be the main risk factor. The development of new drugs has been
significantly slower than the increase in resistance; 10 years on, there have
been no adva11ces specifically for this area. Only antibiotics approved for
other indications, such as fluoroquinoloncs and linezolid, have provided new
treatment options. It is thanks to the commitment of the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the support of private foundations (primarily the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) that there has been research into new
tuberculostatic substances. Some of these are currently being tested in early
clinical trials, giving hope of improved treatment options in the future.
It is clear, then, that TB is once again a subject of intense interest. This
edition of the European Respiratory Monograph (ERM) is therefore
particularly topical, as it presents current scientific discussion in the practice
of TB diagnosis and treatment. I would like to congratulate the Guest Editors
of this issue of the ERM, who have brought together contributions from the
best experts in the field. Thi book provides an excellent overview of the
topic, and should be of intere t to general practitioners and chest physician ,
as well as those in industry and in public health who are faced with the
problem of TB everyday.
References
I. Dalton T, CigielskiP , Akksilp , et al. Prevalence of and risk factors. for resistance to second-
line drugs in people with multidrog-resistant tuberculosis in eight countries: a pro pectivecohort
study. Lancet2 012; [Epub ahead of print I.
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Guest Editors
Chris1oph Lange i a physician and biologist. He was appointed as Professor of
Medicine .it the University of Liibeck (Liibeck, Germany) in 2009 and is
currently the Leading Allending Phy ician at the Medical Clinic/Head of the
Division of Clinical Infectious Dbcascs al the Rest.1rch Center Bo~tel (Borstel,
Germany). Since 2005, he ha been Co-Chair of the Center of Infectious
Diseases (DGI) at the Rt< earch Center Bor tel and the Univer icy of Lubeck.
and he is Vice-Chair of the Center of Infection and Inflammation at the
University of Uibeck (ZIEL). Following clinical training in Cape Town ( outh
Africa), Cleveland, OH (USA), and hospitals in Germany, he is board certified
in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, infectious diseases,
alkrgology Jnd sleep medicine. His res<.'arch focus is on 1ubcrculosis (TB), in
Christoph Lange which he has been principle investigator of national and international
muhicentrc tudies, and a coordinator of consensu documents. C. Lange is
Head of the Respiratory Infection Assembly (Assembly 10} of the European
Re piratory Society (ERS) (2011-2014) and was previously (2008-2011) chair
of the Tuberculosis Group (Group 10.2) of this A!.M>mbly. He is the Founding
Chair of the Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (TBNET), which he
headed from 2006 to 2012. ince 2011, he has bc<.'n a member of the steering
committee of the Mycobacteriology Study Group (F.SGMYC) of 1he European
Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and from 2009 to
2012, he was the chair of the Mycobacteriology tudy Group of the DGI. C.
Lange b an As ociate Editor of the T11tematio11nl Journal of Tr,berrnlosis nud
L1111g Disenses, an As~ociate Editor of l11fectio11 and Section Editor for
Respiratory Infections of the Cliuical Respiratory Joumal. He has been a Guest
Editor for TB ~eric in Lht· Europcfl11 Respiratory Jouma/ (ERn and Rcspirology.
C. Lange"~ appointed a Visiting Professor at the University of Medicine and
Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova in Chisinau (Moldova) in 2011 and a
Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Giovanni Battista Migliori, MD, FRCP (Lond) is Director of the World Health
Organization (WI 10) Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases
(Fondazione . Maugeri, Tradate, Italy), a Profes~or in the Applied Health
Sciences Department of the University of Pavia (Pavia. Italy) and a Visiting
Professor Jt the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, M , U A).
He originally specialised in respiratory medicine in Pavia and then in medical
statistics and epidemiology. He has developed global experience in TB, TB/HIV
and HIV/AIDS care and control in Africa (Benin, Burkina, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania), A~ia (India and
Thailand), Europe (Croatia. Esto11ia, Kosovo, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, Russia,
Giovanni Battista
Turkey and Ukr-Jine) and Latin America (Mexico). G.B. Migliori ha served as
Migliori ER Tuberculo is Group Chair (Group 10.2). as Head of the Respiratory
Infections Assembly (Ass<.'mbly 10) (2008-2010), Long Range Planning
Committee Chair (2011-2013), and is presently the F.R WHO and European
Centre for Di~ase Control Liaison Officer and Secretary General Elect.
Since 2007, he ha been an Associate Editor of the ERJ and ince 2011 of the
/11tCT"n"tio1wl )01m1al of T11bCT"cr,losis <md Lu11g Dise"scs, having pr<.'viou~ly s..:rv..:cl
in the same capacity at BMC l11feaious Disense.
He is an .iuthor of more than 250 publication~ (including the 1999 ERS
[ur Rnpir Monogr 2011; SI'!: ,;_\l,i Guidelines on TB Management and the 2012 EU Standards for TB care) with a
(",0pyri¢11 IR, 2012.
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TB Series (2011).
Within the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUALffi),
he was Secretary General and President (2008--2009) of the Europe Region.
He currently serves WHO as a member of STAG (Scientific Technical Advisory
Group, 2010-2012), \'\IJ 10 EURO as a member of TAG (Technical Advisory
Board) as well as the GFATM (Global Fund Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria) as Rotating Member, TRP (Technical Review Panel and Consultant),
the GDF {Global Drug Facilit)•) and the European Commission (TAC!S
programme, Expert Group and the Scientific Committee of EDCTP (European
and Developing Countries Clinical TriJls Partnership)).
G.B. Migliori is former Secretary ofTBNET (2006-2011).
Introduction
Christoph Lange"'#," and Giovanni Battista Miglior,+
• Div,sio11 of Climrnl iufmiaus D,S<'asO, • Mrd,col Cli11ic, ResMrch (',,.,,rrr Horstrl, Horsrr/, 'Cr11ur for I11fmio11 m,d 1,rj1amma1Jot1, Unil'rrsJJy ofU J/xck,
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A lthough the global incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is slowly declining, the disease stiU remains
one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In many regions of the
world, including parts of Europe, the high incidence of TB is an indicator of poverty and
healthcare inequalities. In countries with a low incidence of TB, the disease is mainly related to risk
group; for example, recent dose contacts of infected index patients, migrants from high-incidence
countries, HIV-infected individuals, and those with other immunodeficiencies and co-morbidities.
Targeting these groups in order to prevent TB is particularly impo1tant if the ultimate goal of
eliminating the disease is to be achieved.
The emergence of antimicrobial drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with
multidrug- (MOR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) profiles has become a major obstacle to
achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of TB, which aims for the elimination of the
disease by 2050. However, for the first time in many centuries, new drugs for the treatment of TB
will soon become available. These new weapons must be used wisely.
There may be a further barrier to disease elimination: medical students and even residents of
internal medicine from indusnialised countries may complete their education without seeing a
single patient with TB. This lack of experience is reflected in the diagnostic delay een in these
countrie .
However, important advances have been achieved in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
TB in recent years. This has been due to the hard work and dedication of leaders in the field, many
of whom have kindly agreed to contribute to this issue of the European Respiratory Monograph
(ERM). We arc very grateful for their commitment to the field and for their support in the
compilation of this publication.
This issue of the ERM includes up-to-date information on TB epidemiology, as well as control and
elimination strategies. TB prevention, including the late t developments in novel vaccine research,
and recent advance in the diagnosis and treatment of latent infection with M. tuberculosis, are al o
pre ented. The issue also covers state-of-the-art diagnosis of TB and the treatment of active TB in
patients from different risk groups, including cases of M. tuberculosis drug resistance and
complications of therapy.
We hope that this issue of the ERM will prove a u eful and valuable reference source to our
coUeagucs, and will inspire young clinicians and scientists to enter this fascinating field.
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Chapter 1
Microbiology of
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Mycobacterium
tuberculosis and a new
diagnostic test for TB
Vera Katalinic-Jankovic*, Lucinda Furci" and Daniela Maria Cirillo"
SUMMARY: Tuberculo i (TB) has been one of the mo t 'CrOJti.ln Nation.ii ln.iitut~ or Public
Health, 11! NRL and ~NRL, ugn,b,
important human di eases for centuries now. It is mainly caused Cro;alia.
•Emerging Bacterial P.11hogcn_-. Unit
by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a highly elusive bacillus. This 1
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intraceUular pathogen doe not possess the clas ic bacterial Milan, llali•.
virulence factors. However, M. tuberculosis efficiently evades the
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immune response by complex and manipulative mechanisms, Emerging Llactoial 1'. .1 hoi;cns Unit,
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which enable urvival for a long as decade . The fight with such 1 ran,pl.rntauon .1nd lnf«nous
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tuberculosis in clinical specimens, a well a drug resi tance, i
essential for the appropriate treatment of TB patients and the
prevention of spread of drug-resi tant train . New molecular
tools are now u ed in many countries as part of a standard
Laboratory diagnosis. It is clear that important advances in TB
diagno i have recently been made and potentially useful new
tools are emerging. Nevcrtheles , there is still a lot to be done,
especially in high-burden countries where fast identification and
early treatment are needed.
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I n 1882, Robert Koch discovered Mycobaderi11111 tuberrnlosis., the bacillus responsible for
tuberculosis (TB), thus identifying TB as an infectious disease [ l]. This discovery led hortly
thereafter to the identification of methods to stain bacilli in cliniral specimens, making the organisms
identifiable with the use of light microscopy. uch was the birth of TB diagnostic and of microbial
diagnostics in general. The name Mycobacteri11m, which means "fungus bacterium", was introduced in
1896 (2]. It describes the way that the tubercle bacillus grows on the surface of liquid media as rnould
Like pellicles [2]. These aerobic, asporogenous rods have been referred to as the "ducks of the microbial
world" due to their thick, wax-y outer coating. The genus Mycobacterium comprises a number of
aerobic bacteria and is the only member of the family Mycobacteriaceae, haring an unusually high
genomic D A G+C content (62-70%) and the production of mycolic acids with the closely related
genera Nocardia and Corynebncterium within the order Aclinomycctales. The most important member
of the genus, M. tuberculosis, is an intracellular pathogen that does not possess the classic bacterial
virulence factors such as toxins, capsules or fimbriae. Several structural and physiological properties of
the bacterium are recognised for their contribution to virulence and pathology of the disease. M.
tuberculosis is an aerobic, non-spore forming, non-motile bacillus with a high cell wall content of high
molecular weight lipids, which comprise approximately 60% of the cell wall structure. Due to this cell
wall composition, mycobacteria stain poorly with Gram stain but are described as acid-fast, as once
stained with hot carbol-fuchsin it resists decolourisation with acidified organic solvents (Ziehl-Neelsen
stain) [3]. The high lipid concentration in the cell wall accounts for its impermeability and resistance
to antimicrobial agents, and resistance to killing by acidic and alkaline compounds in both the intra
and extracellular environment. !vi. tuberculosis has the ability to form serpentine structures ( cords).
The cord factor is primarily associated with virulent M. tuberculosis strains. Although its exact role in
M. tuberculosis virulence is unclear, it is known to be toxic to mammalian cells and to be an inhibitor of
polymorphonuclear leucocyte migration. M. tuberculosis grows successfully under aerobic conditions
but it is also able to survive in oxygen-deprived environments. In vivo, M. tuberculosis grows better in
tissues with a high oxygen content, such as the lungs. The bacillus divides every 20-22 hours, and this
slow replication rate and the ability to persist in a latent state means that individuals infected with M.
tuberculosis require long periods of drug and preventive therapies.
TB is caused by M. tuberculosis and TB complex members (Mycobacterium bovis, M. bovis bacille
Calmette-Guerin (BCG), Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium canettii, Mycobacterium
pinnipedii and Mycobacterium microti) and is one of the most intensively studied human diseases.
It can target practically any organ of the body and clinical microbiological studies have been
performed for decades. Humans are the only reservoir for the M. tuberculosis species, although
many animals are also susceptible to infection [4 ]. M. bovis was responsible for about 6% of all
human deaths in Europe before the introduction of milk pasteurisation and attenuation of a
laboratory strain of M. bovis led to the development of the BCG vaccine in 1921.
In the 1950s, it became clear that other Mycobacterium spp. in addition to those causing TB and leprosy
were also human pathogens. In 1959, RUNYON [SJ proposed a classification of these non-tuberculous
mycobacteria (NTM) into four major groups, based on growth rates and colony pigmentation. NTMs
are generally free-living organisms that are ubiquitous in the environment around the world, and can
be found in deserts, under rocks and among dried roots of vegetation [6 ]. Their optimal habitat in the
environment is close to fresh water, both flowing and static. Currently, more than 150 NTM species
have been identified. Phylogenetic trees are available that depict genetic relatedness based on homology
of the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequence. Mycobacteria that have highly homologous rRNA
sequences are closely related and are on neighbouring branches of the tree [7]. The mycobacterial
phylogenetic tree can be further subdivided into fast- and slow-growing bacteria. The fast growers form
colonies on selective media in less than 7 days, whereas the slow growers take more than 7 days. In
addition, within the genus Mycobacterium a number of species are grouped into complexes (e.g.
Mycobacterium avium and M. tuberculosis complexes) that include bacterial species that have a high
degree of genetic similarity and cause similar disease syndromes. The M. tuberculosis complex species
share 99.9% sequence identity and probably evolved from a single clonal ancestor.
Advances in mycobacterial genomics are providing evidence that the amount of sequence variation in
the M. tuberculosis genome might have been underestimated and that some genetic diversity does have
important phenotypic consequences. Studies of the phylogeny and biogeography of M. tuberculosis
have revealed six main strain lineages that are associated with particular geographical regions [8 ].
Pathogenesis and immunity
Early steps of infection
!vi. tuberculosis is a highly successful bacterial pathogen that mainly targets host macrophages, key
mediators of both innate and adaptive immune response. In lung infections, M. tuberculosis is
typycallyi nhaled into the body, passes through the airways and reaches the alveolar space. Here, it
interacts with dendritic cells [9, 10], alveolar macrophages and pulmonary epithelial cells, but its
optimal hosts are alveolar macrophages and other mononuclear phagocytes [ 11 ]. M. tuberculosis
gains entry into alveolar macrophages through receptor-mediated phagocytosis, a normal feature of
the innate immune system. Two main routes are exploited: bacterial cell surface molecules activate
complement proteins present in the alveolar space, which are then recognised by complement
receptors on macrophages; or alveolar macrophages recognise bacterial mannose residues
(particularly mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan), directly through binding with macrophage
mannose receptors (fig. 1) [ 12). Alveolar macrophages are attractive targets for M. tuberculosis
because they are adapted to the task of removing small airborne particles through phagocytosis, and
Inhaled M. tuberculosis
',
Alveolar space
Scavenger
receptors 3
M. tuberculosis uptake
receptors
M. tuberculosis
recognition receptors
TLR4
DC-SIGN
Phagocyte
Figure 1. Early steps of phagocyte infection. 1) Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is inhaled through the airways and
travels all the way to the alveoli of the lower portion of the lungs where it establishes stage I infection. 2) In
the alveolar space, mycobacteria are actively phagocytosed by resident macrophages and dendritic cells.
3) Complement receptors (CR) are primarily responsible for uptake of opsonised M. tuberculosis and mannose
receptors, and scavenger receptors for the uptake of nonopsonlsed M. tuberculosis. 4) Recognition receptors
and Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are expressed not only at the cell surface but also In phagosomes; therefore,
immune activation may occur with or without phagocytosis. NOD: nucleotide-binding oligomerisation domain
protein; NLRP3: NOD, LAA and pyrin domain containing 3; DC-SIGN: dendritic cell-specific intercellular
adhesion molecule-3 grabbing nonlntegrin.