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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (1): 77-86.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20240497

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Meta-analysis of the efficacy, adverse reactions, and fatality rate of glucocorticoid combined with anti-tuberculosis drugs in the treatment of tuberculous serositis

Shi Yilin1,2, Gu Yan1()   

  1. 1District A, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Inner Mongolia Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Hohhot 010030, China
    2Department of Emergency, Inner Mongolia Fourth Hospital, Hohhot 010000, China
  • Received:2024-11-08 Online:2025-01-10 Published:2025-01-02
  • Contact: Gu Yan E-mail:guyan@nmgfy.com
  • Supported by:
    Inner Mongolia Medical University Affiliated Hospital Cultivation Project(2023NYFYPY005);Natural Science Foundation of China(2023LHMS08062);Natural Science Key Project(NJZZ20131);Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Science and Technology Program(2022YFSH0002);Inner Mongolia Medical University Science and Technology Innovation Team Pleural Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Innovation Team(YKD2022TD013);Inner Mongolia Medical University Joint Project(YKD2021LH012);Science and Technology Research Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(2019GG045);Clinical Medical Research and Clinical New Technology Promotion Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Medical Doctor Association(YSXH2024KYF028)

Abstract:

Objective: To systematically evaluate the efficacy, adverse reactions and mortality of glucocorticoids combined with anti-tuberculosis drugs in the treatment of tuberculous serositis. Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of glucocorticoids combined with anti-tuberculosis drugs in the treatment of tuberculous serositis were retrieved from CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, China Biomedical Literature Database, PubMed and Web of Scienceby using a combination of subject words and free words, and references in research articles were included. The search period was from the establishment of the database to August 1, 2024. Chinese search terms include extra pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous meningitis, tuberculous pleurisy, tuberculous pericarditis, glucocorticoids, steroid hormones, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone, etc.; English search terms include tuberculosis, tuberculous meningitis, tuberculous pleurisy, tuberculous pericarditis, glucocorticoids, steroid hormones, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone, etc. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted the data, and evaluated the quality of the literature, and then used Stata 15.1 software to analyze the heterogeneity of the included data and analyze the publication bias to comprehensively evaluate the efficacy, adverse reactions and mortality of tuberculous serositis after glucocorticoids on the basis of anti-tuberculosis therapy. Results: A total of 4619 related literatures were retrieved.After excluding the literatures that did not meet the inclusion criteria, 31 literatures and 2410 patients were included for meta-analysis. Among them,1228 patients in the anti-tuberculosis therapy combined with glucocorticoids therapy group (experimental group) and 1182 patients in the anti-tuberculosis treatment group (control group). According to the type of disease, the patients were further divided into tuberculous meningitis group (including 23 studies, 876 cases in the experimental group and 876 cases in the control group), tuberculous pleurisy group (including 6 studies, 280 cases in the experimental group and 276 cases in the control group) and tuberculous pericarditis group (including 2 studies, 72 cases in the experimental group and 30 cases in the control group). The results of meta-analysis showed that the combination of glucocorticoids was more effective in the treatment of tuberculous meningitis, tuberculous pleurisy, and tuberculous pericarditis compared with the control group (OR(95%CI)=4.63 (3.48-6.17), 6.62 (3.55-12.34), 7.92 (2.44-25.66)), and the mortality rate against tuberculous meningitis was lower (OR (95%CI)=0.45 (0.23-0.87)), and there were fewer adverse reactions to tuberculous pleurisy (OR(95%CI)=0.31 (0.18-0.52)). Conclusion: Glucocorticoids combined with anti-tuberculosis drugs therapy can improve the efficacy of tuberculous meningitis, tuberculous pleurisy and tuberculous pericarditis, and reduce the mortality rate of tuberculous meningitis and the adverse drug reactions of tuberculous pleurisy.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Serositis, Anti-tuberculosis drugs, Glucocorticoids, Treatment outcomes, Meta-analysis (subject)

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