Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Among Patients Successfully Treated for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Ethiopia

Author(s):  
A.B. Binegdie ◽  
C.B. Sherman ◽  
M. Getachew ◽  
N. Scluger
2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 635-638
Author(s):  
Natalia V. Zhovanyk ◽  
Mariana I. Tovt-Korshynska

Introduction: The association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary tuberculosis is an important medical and social problem with a significant burden in terms of morbidity and mortality. The course and prognosis of chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary tuberculosis is greatly influenced not only by the clinical features but also by the psychological characteristics of the patient. The aim: To study the interaction between clinical changes and psychological characteristics considering gender differences among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in association with pulmonary tuberculosis. Materials and methods: We studied 41patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (grade 2, 3, groups А, B, С, D) and infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis co-morbidity (11 women and 30 men). All patients underwent general clinical examination, Acid-Fast Bacillus Testing, spirometry, Spielberg anxiety scale, Beck depression scale. Results: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary tuberculosis co-morbidity with more severe symptoms (according to Assesment Test scores) were older and, regardless of it, showed elevated depression and personal anxiety scores while situational anxiety scores were significantly lower compared to those with less severe symptoms. The correlation between symptoms severity and airflow limitation or smoking history was very mild. The elevated depression and personal anxiety could cause more severe symptoms. The revealed discrepancy between the symptoms severity and low levels of situational anxiety may be due to adaptation with displacement mechanisms to illness related chronic life stressors. We also observed elevated personal anxiety and depression scores together with less severe symptoms among female versus male chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/pulmonary tuberculosis patients, possibly reflecting physically ill women’s higher risk for depressive and anxiety related symptomatology relative to ill men. Conclusions: We revealed that among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary tuberculosis co-morbidity symptoms severity was largely influenced by the patients’ age, gender and psychological factors (depression and personal anxiety), but, unexpectedly, much less – by airflow limitation and smoking history. We also found higher emotional distress, namely elevated personal anxiety and depression scores, in combination with less severe symptoms among female versus male patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary tuberculosis co-morbidity.


2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1 (65)) ◽  
pp. 38-40
Author(s):  
Ya. V. Ivanova

The influence of various regimens of treatment of the regional (in induced sputum) level of proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), who have suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis (PT), has been studied. An advantage of using a combined treatment of COPD exacerbation by means of β2agonist and an anticholinergic preparation (berodual), and also doxofillin (aerofillin) for the purpose of correcting regional (endobronchial) imbalance of cytokine homeostasis is proved.


2021 ◽  
pp. e20210170
Author(s):  
Diego de Faria Magalhães Torres1 ◽  
Aléxia Carolina Soares do Nascimento2 ◽  
Sara Ferreira Destro3 ◽  
Alexandre Pinto Cardoso4 ◽  
Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Mello4

Author(s):  
М.Е. Дьякова ◽  
Н.Б. Серебряная ◽  
Л.Д. Кирюхина ◽  
Д.С. Эсмедляева ◽  
П.К. Яблонский

Актуальность. Учитывая важность пуриновой регуляции воспалительного процесса, раскрытие её участия в патогенезе хронической обструктивной болезни лёгких (ХОБЛ) может дать дополнительную информацию о патофизиологических механизмах воспаления и компенсации, приводящих к развитию ХОБЛ на фоне хронического воспаления, поддерживаемого туберкулёзной инфекцией. Цель настоящего исследования - выявить связь параметров аденозинового метаболизма с характеристиками окислительного взрыва, генерацией оксида азота и функциональными показателями внешнего дыхания у больных туберкулёзом лёгких в сочетании с ХОБЛ. Материалы и методы. В исследование включены мужчины активные курильщики с верифицированным диагнозом туберкулёз лёгких (ТЛ) и ТЛ в сочетании с ХОБЛ (ТЛ+ХОБЛ). Пуриновый метаболизм оценивали по активности аденозиндезаминазы (АДА-1 и АДА-2) в сыворотке крови (экто-АДА), мононуклеарах (мн) и нейтрофилах (нф), уровню экто-5’-нуклеотидазы (экто-5’-НК) в сыворотке крови, CD26 (дипептидилпептидазы-4, ДПП-4) в сыворотке и мононуклеарах. Окислительный взрыв фагоцитов оценивали по тесту восстановления нитросинего тетразолия (НСТ-тесту). Генерацию оксида азота - по концентрации метаболитов NO в сыворотке крови, мононуклеарах и нейтрофилах. Результаты. У больных ТЛ и ТЛ+ХОБЛ получены разнонаправленные изменения концентрации внеклеточного аденозина (рост активности экто-АДА-2, уровня экто-5’-НТ, снижение активности экто-АДА-1), в то время как внутриклеточные концентрации этого медиатора могут быть повышены (снижение активности АДА-1 и CD26 (ДПП-4) мононуклеаров). У больных ТЛ+ХОБЛ выявлено усиление респираторного взрыва мононуклеаров и нейтрофилов. У больных ТЛ регистрировали усиление продукции реактивных радикалов кислорода только в индуцированном НСТ-тесте нейтрофилов. В обеих группах отмечено значимое снижение продукции нитритов и нитратов как в моноцитах, так и нейтрофилах. У больных ТЛ параметры функции внешнего дыхания (ФВД) были связаны с активностью экто-5’-НТ и неспецифической пептидазы CD26 (ДПП-4), с продукцией нитритов нейтрофилами и моноцитами. В то время как у больных ТЛ+ХОБЛ показатели ФВД были ассоциированы с активностью экто-АДА-1 и АДА-1 в моноцитах, с сывороточной продукцией нитратов и продукцией нитритов нейтрофилами. Выводы. У больных ТЛ нарушение ФВД связано с избыточным образованием аденозина при чрезмерной активации формирующих его ферментов, а также с продукцией нитритов нейтрофилами и моноцитами, активных участников бактерицидных реакций, направленных против микобактерии туберкулеза (МБТ). Тогда как при ТЛ+ХОБЛ ведущим является нарушение деградации аденозина при снижении активности АДА-1, развитие эндотелиальной дисфункции и изменение функционального состояния нейтрофилов. Таким образом, разработка целенаправленных воздействий, приводящие к нормализации пуринергического обмена у больных ТЛ, в частности, к увеличению активности изоформы АДА-1, сможет обеспечить либо превенцию с ХОБЛ, либо, у лиц с уже развывшейся патологией, привести к стабилизации процесса. Background: Purine regulation plays an important role in inflammation. Therefore, disclosing the role of purine regulation in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may provide additional information about inflammation pathophysiology and compensation, which lead to COPD in chronic inflammation supported by tuberculosis infection. The aim of this study was to identify the relationship of adenosine metabolic indexes with characteristics of an oxidative burst, nitric oxide generation and functional parameters of external respiration (ER) in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in combination with COPD. Materials and methods. The study included male active smokers with a verified diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PT) and PT in combination with COPD (PT+COPD). Purine metabolism was evaluated by adenosine deaminase (ADA-1 and ADA-2) activity in serum (ecto-ADA), mononuclear cells (mnc), and neutrophils (nph); serum concentration of ecto-5’-nucleotidase (ecto-5’-NT); and serum and mnc concentrations of CD26 (dipeptidyl peptidase-4, DPP-4). Oxidative burst in phagocytes was evaluated by the nitroblue tetrazolium conversion test (NBT-test). Nitric oxide generation - by concentrations of NO metabolites in blood serum, mnc, and nph. Results. Patients with PT and PT+COPD had multidirectional changes in extracellular adenosine concentration (increased activity of ecto-ADA-2, level of ecto-5’-NT, decreased activity of ecto-ADA-1). At the same time, intracellular adenosine concentrations could be increased (decreased mnc activities of ADA-1 and CD26 (DPP-4)). In patients with PT+COPD, the respiratory burst was observed only in mnc and nph. In patients with PT, increased production of reactive oxygen species was observed only in nph in the inductive NBT-test. In both groups, the nitrite and nitrate production significantly decreased both in monocytes and nph. In patients with PT, parameters of external respiration (ER) were linked to ecto-5’-NT and nonspecific peptidase CD26 (DPP-4) activities and to nitrite production by nph and monocytes. At the same time, in patients with PT+COPD, ER indexes were linked to monocyte activities of ecto-ADA-1 and ADA-1 and to serum nitrate and nph nitrite. Conclusion. In PT patients, impaired ER was associated with excessive formation of adenosine and excessive activation of adenosine-forming enzymes, as well as with nitrite production by nph and monocytes, which are active participants in bactericidal reactions directed against mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT). However, in PT+COPD, the leading factor is impaired adenosine degradation with decreased ADA-1 activity, development of endothelial dysfunction, and changed nph functionality. Therefore, development of targeted means for normalizing the purinergic metabolism in patients with PT, specifically, by increasing the ADA-1 isoform activity, may provide either prevention in COPD or stabilization of the process in patients with already developed pathology.


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