Abstract

BackgroundTuberculous peritonitis is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis infection in peritoneal dialysis patients. However, diagnosing tuberculous peritonitis quickly and early has always been a challenge for nephrologists. Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-specific gamma interferon enzyme-linked immunospot (IFN-γ ELISPOT) assay has been widely used in the clinical diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy and peritonitis, but its use has not been reported for uremia.MethodsThis study mainly verified the feasibility of using the M. tuberculosis antigen-specific IFN-γ ELISPOT assay in the diagnosis of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients with tuberculous peritonitis. Taking M. tuberculosis culture as the gold standard, the IFN-γ ELISPOT assay was used to analyze peripheral blood and peritoneal dialysis fluid of patients, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves in patients with tuberculous peritonitis (TBP) or non-tuberculous peritonitis (NTBP) were analyzed.ResultsThe area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was 0.927 (95% CI 0.816–1.000, P = 0.001) for the ELISPOT assay with peritoneal fluid mononuclear cells (PFMC), which was higher than that for the ELISPOT assay with peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) (0.825, 95% CI 0.6490–1.000, P = 0.011). The cutoff value for the diagnosis of TBP was 40 spot-forming cells (SFCs)/2 × 105 for the ELISPOT with PBMC, with a sensitivity of 55.6%, a specificity of 92.3%, and a diagnostic efficiency of 77.3%. The cutoff value for the diagnosis of TBP was 100 SFCs/2 × 105 for the ELISPOT on PFMC, with a sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic efficiency 77.8%, 84.6%, and 81.8%, respectively. Parallel and serial testing algorithms appeared more accurate than single ELISPOT assays with PBMC, but ELISPOT assays with PFMC.ConclusionsThe IFN-γ release test can be used for the early diagnosis of CAPD-related TBP; compared with peripheral blood, peritoneal fluid may be a more effective and accurate medium to diagnose CAPD complicated with tuberculous peritonitis.

Highlights

  • Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing chronic dialysis are 6–25 times more likely to develop tuberculosis (TB) than the general population, mainly because of impaired cellular immunity, anemia, malnutrition, etc. [1,2,3,4]

  • We evaluated the diagnostic performance of an M. tuberculosis antigen-specific IFN-γ enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients with tuberculous peritonitis

  • 8 were positive, and 1 was negative in dialysate by M. tuberculosis culture; the patient with a negative culture was diagnosed by clinical manifestations, and effective anti-tuberculosis treatment was performed after 2–4 weeks

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Introduction

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing chronic dialysis are 6–25 times more likely to develop tuberculosis (TB) than the general population, mainly because of impaired cellular immunity, anemia, malnutrition, etc. [1,2,3,4]. We evaluated the diagnostic performance of an M. tuberculosis antigen-specific IFN-γ ELISPOT assay in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients with tuberculous peritonitis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-specific gamma interferon enzyme-linked immunospot (IFN-γ ELISPOT) assay has been widely used in the clinical diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy and peritonitis, but its use has not been reported for uremia. Methods This study mainly verified the feasibility of using the M. tuberculosis antigen-specific IFN-γ ELISPOT assay in the diagnosis of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients with tuberculous peritonitis. Conclusions The IFN-γ release test can be used for the early diagnosis of CAPD-related TBP; compared with peripheral blood, peritoneal fluid may be a more effective and accurate medium to diagnose CAPD complicated with tuberculous peritonitis

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