Beyond XDR TB. Case Presentation. Past Medical History. Caitlin Reed 2014 National TB Conference Atlanta, Georgia June 12, 2014

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1 Beyond XDR TB Caitlin Reed MD, MPH Medical Director, Inpatient TB Unit Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Olive View UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Case Presentation 38 yo M, Armenian ethnicity, lived in Russia and US Infliximab started July 2013 for ankylosing spondylitis +TST, LTBI treatment with INH Rif Cough, wt loss, fevers x several months prior to hospital admission December 2013 Past Medical History Ankylosing spondylitis, dx 2005 Polysubstance abuse including opiates chronic PNA in Russia, self treated with oral Abx and injections Page 1

2 Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Tm in ED, cachetic LUL infiltrate on CXR Sputum 4+ AFB smear and culture positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis CXR 12/3/13 Emergency Department Initial Susceptibility Report Drug Critical Concentration (mcg/ml) Interpretation Isoniazid 0.4 Resistant Rifampin 1.0 Resistant Ethambutol 5.0 Resistant Pyrazinamide 100 Susceptible Page 2

3 Molecular Detection of Drug Resistance at CDC Locus Result Interpretation rpob Likely RIF R inha katg embb pnca gyra rrs eis (promoter) tlya GAC>GC; Asp516Gly; CTG>CCG; Leu83Pro No mutation AGC>ACC Ser315Thr ATG>GTG; Met308Val TAC>GAC; Tyr103Asp TCG>CCG; Ser91Pro No mutation G 10 A No mutation INH R EMB R Unknown effect on PZA resistance Likely Oflox R Likely Kanamycin R; Cannot r/o resistance to AMK and CAP Initial MDR Regimen 12/26/13 Moxifloxacin Capreomycin Linezolid PZA PAS Ethionamide Cycloserine Meropenem Amox/Clavulanate CXR OVMC 1/31/14 Page 3

4 CT Chest 2/27/14 CDC DSTs Drug % R Interp. Drug % R Interp. INH R Kanamycin R INH R Ethionamide R INH R Capreomycin R RIF R PAS R SM R Ofloxacin R SM R Amikacin R RFB R CIPRO R Summary of Drug Susceptibility Reports Page 4

5 XDR Regimen selection Linezolid Cycloserine Bedaquiline Clofazimine PAS Amikacin Moxi Doripenem Amox/Clav Known or likely susceptible Resistant, but uncertain what this means Discrepant results. May have some activity if level by TDM at least 4x > MIC. Push doses to maximum tolerated. Lowest MIC of available carbapenems. Clavulanate potentiates. Time to Culture Positivity Weeks to positive culture MDR regimen BDQ + Clofaz added Weeks from treatment initiation Sputum smear grade Response to treatment MDR regimen BDQ + Clofaz added Weeks from treatment initiation Page 5

6 Response to treatment Weight (kg) BDQ + Clofaz added Weeks from treatment initiation Follow up CT CT Chest 5/7/14 Bedaquiline Cost: $30,000 (or $23,000 for public health depts in outpatient setting only) Cost front loaded May take weeks to obtain Only one pharmacy in US (MMS in Tennessee) Registry in development QT interval monitoring recommended Page 6

7 Toxicities Worsening peripheral neuropathy Moxifloxacin d/c ed Linezolid held and resumed at reduced dose Rising Cr from 0.4 to 0.9 Baseline hearing loss, slightly worse Concern for how long regimen can be maintained Hospital Course Converted to culture negative x 5 Finally out of isolation, preop workup Transferred for L pneumonectomy 6/3/14 Lessons Learned There will be discrepancies in DSTs Use clinical judgment and expert input to interpret MICs and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) helpful in building XDR background regimen Adverse effects of regimen significant Surgery has role Costs of care high Inpatient specialty TB care helpful Page 7

8 Additional slides Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Drug 2 hr 6 hr Target range PAS mcg/ml 4gm po bid Ethionamide 250 mg po qam, 500 qpm mcg/ml CS 250 mg po bid PZA 1500 mg po qday Linezolid 600 mg po qday Moxi 600 mg po qday mcg/ml mcg/ml mcg/ml mcg/ml Pyrazinamide Date Lab Method Result Interpretation collected 12/4/13 CDC Molecular detected U (pnca) 12/4/13 ARUP MGIT 100 ug/ml S 12/4/13 NJH MGIT MIC > 400 ug/ml R 12/4/13 CA MDL MGIT 100 ug/ml R 2/2/14 CDC MGIT 100 ug/ml R Page 8

9 Moxifloxacin Date Lab Method Result Interpretation collected 12/6/13 CA MDL PSQ detected U (gyra) 12/4/13 CA MDL MGIT 0.25 ug/ml R MIC = 2 ug/ml 2/2/14 FL PHL MIC = 8 ug/ml U 2/2/14 JHU MIC = 4 ug/ml R 2/2/14 CA MDL MGIT 0.25 ug/ml MIC = 2 ug/ml R Ethionamide Date collected Lab Method Details Interpretation 12/4/13 CDC AP 10 ug/ml R 12/4/13 CA MDL MGIT 5 ug/ml S 2/2/14 JHU MIC = 10 ug/ml R 2/2/14 NJH 8 ug/ml R 2/2/14 FL PHL MIC = 2.5 ug/ml R 2/2/14 CA MDL MGIT 5 ug/ml S 2/2/14 CDC AP 10 ug/ml R PAS Date collected Lab Method Result Interpretation 12/4/13 CDC AP 2 ug/ml R 12/4/13 NJH AP 8 ug/ml S 2/2/14 JHU MIC = 8 ug/ml S 2/2/14 CDC AP 2 ug/ml S 2/2/14 FL PHL MIC = 2 ug/ml U 2/2/14 NJH AP 8 ug/ml S Page 9

10 Clofazimine Date collected Lab Method Result Interpretation 12/4/13 NJH AP 0.5 ug/ml R 2/2/14 JHU MIC = 0.5 ug/ml U 2/2/14 NJH AP 0.5 ug/ml R Cycloserine Date collected Lab Method Result Interpretation 12/4/13 NJH AP 60 ug/ml S 2/2/14 JHU MIC = 64 ug/ml U 2/2/14 NJH 60 ug/ml S 2/2/14 FL PHL MIC = 32 ug/ml U Amikacin Date Lab Method Result Interpretation collected 12/4/13 CDC MDDR detected U (eis) 12/6/13 CA MDL PSQ No mutation detected S (rrs) 12/4/13 CDC AP 4.0 ug/ml R 12/4/13 CA MDL MGIT 1.5 ug/ml R 2/2/14 JHU MIC >16 ug/ml R 2/2/14 FL PHL MIC = 2 ug/ml S 2/2/14 CA MDL MGIT MIC = 3 ug/ml R 2/2/14 CDC AP 4.0 ug/ml S Page 10

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