Michael Held1, Maritz Laubscher, Stewart Mears, Stewart Dix-Peek, Lesley Workman, Heather Zar, Robert Dunn. 1. From the *Orthopedic Research Unit, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; †Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa and MRC Unit on Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) is useful for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in adults, but there is limited evidence on its usefulness in children. We aimed to investigate the accuracy of Xpert for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB in children with musculoskeletal infections. METHODS: The diagnostic accuracy of Xpert was compared with a reference standard of culture or histopathology in children hospitalized with suspected osteoarticular TB in Cape Town, South Africa from June 2013 to May 2015. RESULTS: One hundred and nine samples of 102 patients (60 male; 58.8%) with a median age of 5.6 years (interquartile range: 2.2-8.7) were included. There were 23 samples with confirmed TB by culture or histology (21.1%); histology was positive in all of these, while culture was positive in 14 samples (12.8%). Xpert was positive in 17 samples (15.6%), providing a sensitivity of 73.9% (95% confidence interval: 51.6-89.8) and specificity of 100% (95% confidence interval: 95.7-100). Xpert was positive at a mean of 0.8 days (0.46-1.4) compared with 21 days (19-30) for culture, P < 0.001. Multidrug-resistant TB was detected on culture in a single sample that was negative on Xpert testing. CONCLUSIONS: Xpert confirmed extrapulmonary TB of bone and joints more accurately and faster than culture and should be used as a first-line test. Histology remains a useful test for musculoskeletal TB in children.
BACKGROUND: Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) is useful for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in adults, but there is limited evidence on its usefulness in children. We aimed to investigate the accuracy of Xpert for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB in children with musculoskeletal infections. METHODS: The diagnostic accuracy of Xpert was compared with a reference standard of culture or histopathology in children hospitalized with suspected osteoarticular TB in Cape Town, South Africa from June 2013 to May 2015. RESULTS: One hundred and nine samples of 102 patients (60 male; 58.8%) with a median age of 5.6 years (interquartile range: 2.2-8.7) were included. There were 23 samples with confirmed TB by culture or histology (21.1%); histology was positive in all of these, while culture was positive in 14 samples (12.8%). Xpert was positive in 17 samples (15.6%), providing a sensitivity of 73.9% (95% confidence interval: 51.6-89.8) and specificity of 100% (95% confidence interval: 95.7-100). Xpert was positive at a mean of 0.8 days (0.46-1.4) compared with 21 days (19-30) for culture, P < 0.001. Multidrug-resistant TB was detected on culture in a single sample that was negative on Xpert testing. CONCLUSIONS: Xpert confirmed extrapulmonary TB of bone and joints more accurately and faster than culture and should be used as a first-line test. Histology remains a useful test for musculoskeletal TB in children.
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