Asthma and atopy prevalence are not reduced among former tuberculosis patients compared with controls in Lima, Peru.

Background: Although there are theoretical reasons for believing that asthma and atopy may be negatively correlated with tuberculosis, epidemiological studies have had conflicting findings.

Objective: To determine if people with confirmed tuberculosis were less likely to be atopic and less likely to have atopic disease including asthma compared to those with no previous tuberculosis.

Methods: Patients in Lima, Peru with a prior history of tuberculosis were identified from clinic records in this cohort study.

Chronic airflow obstruction after successful treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

Cross-sectional studies reveal an association between tuberculosis (TB) and chronic airflow obstruction, but cannot adequately address confounding. We hypothesised that treated pulmonary TB is an independent risk factor for chronic airflow obstruction. The Pulmones Post TB cohort study enrolled participants from Lima, Peru, aged 10-70 years with a history of drug-susceptible (DS)- or multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB who had completed treatment and were clinically cured.