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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (7): 654-659.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20220091

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Clinical value of ESAT-6, immune and inflammatory indexes in the diagnosis of anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury

LU Ni-hong, SHEN Ling-jun, LIU Hong-lu, CHEN Yang-jun, YANG Yan, DU Ying-rong()   

  1. The Third People’s Hospital of Kunming/Yunnan Provincial Clinical Medical Center for Infectious Diseases,Kunming 650041,China
  • Received:2022-03-19 Online:2022-07-10 Published:2022-07-06
  • Contact: DU Ying-rong E-mail:dyr_km@163.com

Abstract: Objective: To analyze the diagnostic value of related immune and inflammatory indexes in anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury.Methods: A total of 325 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis treated in the Third People’s Hospital of Kunming from January 2019 to January 2021 (including 115 patients with anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury (group A) and 210 patients without liver injury (group B)) and 98 healthy outpatients in the same period (group C) were selected as subjects. Multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the factors related to anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury in three groups: immune cells, inflammatory markers, early secretory target antigen-6 (ESAT-6), matrix metalloprotein-9 (MMP-9) and matrix metalloprotein-14 (MMP-14).Results: The age of patients in group A (51.2 (18.9, 77.2) years) was higher than that in group B (39.1 (19.7, 63.3) years) and group C (36.3 (20.1, 61.3) years), the difference was statistically significant (H=27.695,29.982; Ps=0.000). The CD4+ T lymphocyte count in group A patients (295.0 (155.0, 449.0) cells/μl) was lower than that in group B (571.0 (397.0, 642.0) cells/μl), and lower than that in group C (775.0 (710.0, 993.0) cells/μl), the difference were statistically significant (H=27.225, 40.117; Ps=0.000). The plasma procalcitonin (PCT)(4.3 (0.9, 11.5) ng/ml), D-dimer (4.5 (0.7, 8.4) μg/ml), ESAT-6 (59.3 (27.1, 66.5) pg/ml) and MMP-9 (29.1 (18.6, 39.6) ng/ml) in group A were higher than those of PCT (2.8 (0.5, 8.6) ng/ml), D-dimer (2.3 (0.5, 5.1) μg/ml), ESAT-6 (32.5 (25.8,59.2) pg/ml) and MMP-9 (17.2 (12.7,21.3) ng/ml) in group B, the differences were statistically significant (H=28.991, 29.879, 32.045, 31.122; Ps=0.000). The expression levels of MMP-14 in group A (54.7 (41.4, 66.7) ng/ml) and group B (60.2 (45.2, 65.1) ng/ml) were higher than those in group C (5.5 (2.8, 6.3) ng/ml). The differences were statistically significant (H=49.209,53.436; Ps=0.000). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that advanced age (>65 years old) and high expression of ESAT-6 (>30.5 pg/ml) were independent risk factors for the occurrence of anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury (OR (95%CI)=11.289 (4.355-24.361), P=0.000; OR (95%CI)=9.479 (3.340-21.653), P=0.000).Conclusion: Early use of hepatoprotective drugs in pulmonary tuberculosis patients with advanced age and high expression of ESAT-6 may reduce the risk of anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury.The vigilance should also be raised for pulmonary tuberculosis patients with low CD4+ T lymphocyte counts, high procalcitonin, D-dimer and MMP-9 expression.

Key words: Antitubercular agents, Drug-induced liver injury, Immunologic factors, Regression analysis

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