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Original Article
Abstract
Keywords:
BCG
vaccination,
Mantoux
test,
household
contact,
tuberculosis
tuberculosis.
According to the WHO
1998 report on the
struggle against TB,
every 4 seconds, one
person becomes
Fadilah Harahap et al: Mantoux test results and BCG vaccination status in TB-exposed children
out
questionnaires
were included in the
Medan, TB was suspected to be
264 per 100,000 people, with astudy.
We
excluded
positive pulmonary TB proportion
children
with
severe
of
10.3%,
according
to
Tuberculous Sub-Directorate ofmalnutrition, measles,
severe
Indonesian Ministry of Healthmumps,
(Subdit TB Depkes RI) 2000-tuberculosis,
7
abdominal
ty-phoid,
2010.
In
Indonesia,
the
Bacille malignancy, those in
Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccinationan
has been used for TB prevention, but immunocompromised
3
its efficacy is still debated. Thestate, likely to receive
protective effect of the BCG vaccinelong-term
was found to be between 0 and 80%, corticosteroid therapy
in clinical and case-control studies or
other
8immunosuppressive
carried out in various countries.
Persons living in the household of adrugs, as well as those
TB patient have a high risk of with other conditions
becoming infected, so it is important to that affect immune
evaluate children in these homes. Thestatus. In addition,
Mantoux test is the standard method children who received
to
detect
TB
infection.
BCG
a live vaccine immuvaccination can affect Mantoux test
nization in the 6 weeks
results
until
5
years
after
prior to the study or a
3
immunization.
Mantoux test in the 2
The aim of this study was toweeks prior to the
assess for an association between
study were excluded
Mantoux test results and BCG
from the study. We
vaccination in children who had
divided the participants
contact
with
adult
pulmonary
into two groups: BCGtuberculosis and to assess for
vaccinated and BCGdifferences
in
Mantoux
test
unvaccinated.
indurations
associated
with
nutritional status, age, type of TB
contact, and duration since BCG
vaccination, in both BCG-vaccinated
and BCG-unvaccinated children.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was undertaken
on household contacts of adult
pulmonary TB patients with positive
sputum smears who registered at the
pulmonary specialist outpatient center
and Balai Pengobatan Pemberantasan
Penyakit Paru paru (BP4) in Medan.
Children aged 3 months to 5 years who
lived with adult pulmonary TB patients
with positive sputum smears and whose
parents approved and were willing to fill
Immunization status
information
was
obtained
from
parents, observation
of BCG scars in
deltoid area or their
Kartu Menuju Sehat
registration.
The
minimum
required sample size
was calcu-lated using
a formula to test the
hypothesis
of
two
independent
proportions resulting in
50 children per group.
Subjects
baseline
characteristics
and
informa-tion
were
obtained
from
questionnaires
completed by parents.
Mantoux tests were
performed
on
all
subjects using PPD
RT 23 2TU at a dose
volume of 0.1 mL on
the volar left forearm.
We read Mantoux test
results after 48-72
hours.
Measured
diameter was based
on induration,
not
hyperemia. Mantoux
test
results
were
considered
to
be
positive for induration
diameters of
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This
study
received approval
from the Research
Ethics Committee
of the Faculty of
Medicine,
University of North
Sumatera.
We used SPSS
vaccinated
and
BCG-unvaccinated
groups. The most
common maternal
and
paternal
educational levels
were senior high
school
for
both
groups.
The
mean
diameters of Mantoux
test induration in the
BCG-vaccinated and
unvaccinated groups
were not significantly
different (Table 2).
However, we found
that
significantly
more
BCGvaccinated subjects
had
negative
Mantoux test results
than
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Linear regression
analysis revealed no
unvaccinated subjects with odds
significant relationship
ratio (OR) 0.113, indicating that
between duration since
BCG
immunization
was
a
BCG vaccination and
protective factor against TB
Mantoux
test
infection (Table 3).
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Anova test revealed no
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Tuberculosis
remains
the
most
frequently-occurring,
infectious disease in the
world, and the WHO
estimates
that
the
incidence will continue to
9,10
in-crease.
The
important risk factors for
transmission of infection
are
young
age,
an
immunocompromised
state, and contact with an
adult who has TB-positive
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sputum.
Additional
factors are associated with
physical characteristics of
the household, e.g, size,
crowding,
and
ventilation.
11,13
A
study
in
Greenland,
Denmark
found that low maternal
where Mantoux test were used to determine the status education level was
of TB infection. In this study, all the subjects had been associated with higher
exposed to adults in their household with TB-positive risk of TB infection
sputum smears. Baseline characteristics of subjects among children, but no
relationship
with
were similar in the two groups.
paternal
educational
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infection.
The
tuberculin
test
is
a
diagnostic tool with high
sensitivity and specificity
for
detecting
TB
16,17
infection.
The skin
induration resulting from
the tuberculin test is
triggered
by
M.
tuberculosis
infection,
BCG
vaccination,
or
atypical
mycobacterial
18,19
infection.
A study in
Veracruz,
Mexico,
reported that Mantoux test
results helped
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Fadilah Harahap et al: Mantoux test results and BCG vaccination status in TB-exposed children
prevealent
TB
strains, and atypical
identify children in a BCG-vaccinated
population who had recent exposure mycobacterial
3
to persons with pulmonary TB, and prevalence. We also
were probably infected with M. used different cut-off
20
tuberculosis.
We considered the points for Mantoux
test
induration
Mantoux test to be positive for
diameters
for the
LQGXUDWLRQGLDPHWHUVRIPPLQ
BCG- vaccinated and
%&*YDFFLQDWHG subjects. A study in
BCG-unvaccinated
Hamburg, Germany compared a
children. So far, more
Mycobacterium
tuberculosisspecific
than 3 million BCG
enzyme-linked im-munospot (ELISPOT)
vaccine doses have
assay to the tuberculin test. They found
been used worldwide,
that for occasional and BCG-vaccinated
but use of the
contact, the tuberculin skin test cut-off
vaccine
remains
point should be raised from 5 to 10 mm
controversial
and
in order to minimize the number of false
3
21
positive results.
A study in Canada
vaccine can affect
showed that Mantoux test induration
cut-off point of 15 mm was able to Mantoux test results,
eliminate the false positive BCG causing false positive
22
has
high
TB varies widely.
These variations have
been attributed to
different
factors,
including differences
in
exposure
to
mycobacteria in the
environment, genetic
characteristics of a
population,
the
virulence of the M.
tuberculosis strains,
the strains comprising
the BCG vaccines,
and
nutritional
differences in those
undergoing
vaccinations.
24
We also found a
significant association
between
negative
Mantoux test receiving
BCG
vaccination
(P=0.0001; OR=0.113).
Similary, a Turkish
study reported that in
children exposed to
adult TB patients, the
ELISpot and Mantoux
tests
showed
that
BCG-vaccinated
children had an OR of
0.60 for TB infection
compared
to
unvaccinated
25
children.
A study in
India also found that
BCG-unvaccinated
children had higher risk
for TB infection.
12
We found no
significant
differences
in
Mantoux
test
indurations between
the groups, with
regards to age and
nutritional status, in
contrast to an Indian
status
test.
only to M. tuberculosis
research is needed to
assess the relationship
The strength of our study was thatof BCG immunization
primary school.
26
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