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Serologic Responses in Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis

2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal: doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001683 available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001683 ;ISSN: 0891-3668 ;EISSN: 1532-0987

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  • Title:
    Serologic Responses in Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis
  • Author: Nonyane, BAS ; Nicol, MP ; Andreas, NJ ; Rimmele, S ; Schneiderhan-Marra, N ; Workman, LJ ; Perkins, MD ; Joos, T ; Broger, T ; Ellner, JJ ; Alland, D ; Kampmann, B ; Dorman, SE ; Zar, HJ
  • Subjects: 1114 Paediatrics And Reproductive Medicine ; Pediatrics
  • Description: BACKGROUND: Identification of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunoproteome and antigens associated with serologic responses in adults has renewed interest in developing a serologic test for childhood tuberculosis (TB). We investigated IgG antibody responses against M. tuberculosis antigens in children with well-characterized TB. METHODS: We studied archived sera obtained from hospitalized children with suspected pulmonary TB, and classified as having confirmed TB (culture-confirmed), unlikely TB (clinical improvement without TB treatment), or unconfirmed TB (all others). A multiplexed bead-based assay for IgG antibodies against 119 M. tuberculosis antigens was developed, validated and used to test sera. The areas under the curves (AUC) of the empiric receiver-operator characteristic curves were generated as measures of predictive ability. A cross-validated generalized linear model was used to select the most predictive combinations of antigens. RESULTS: For the confirmed TB versus unlikely TB comparison, the maximal single antigen AUC was 0.63, corresponding to sensitivity 0.60 and specificity 0.60. Older (age 60+ months) children's responses were better predictive of TB status than younger (age 12-59 months) children's, with a maximal single antigen AUC of -0.76. For the confirmed TB versus unlikely TB groups, the most predictive combinations of antigens assigned TB risk probabilities of 0.33 and 0.33, respectively, when all ages were considered, and 0.57 (IQR 0.48, 0.64) and 0.35 (IQR 0.32, 0.40) when only older children were considered. CONCLUSION: An antigen-based IgG test is unlikely to meet the performance characteristics required of a TB detection test applicable to all age groups.
  • Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc
  • Creation Date: 2017-07
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0891-3668
    EISSN: 1532-0987
  • Source: Spiral
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