TB Research

Central Nervous System Tuberculosis with Mycobacterium bovis: A Silent Threat for In Vitro Fertilization Pregnancies (P3-10.009)

A. Eswar, Jennifer Kidd, Andrew Fleming, Anju Suhag, Emmanuella Kobara, Martin Chavez

Neurology · 2025-04

Abstract

To present a case of a 36 year-old female at 19 weeks gestation with pregnancy that was achieved with in vitro fertilization (IVF) with worsening headaches and papilledema due to tuberculosis progression of disease from latent tuberculosis to central nervous system tuberculosis.

MeSH terms

  • In vitro fertilisation
  • Tuberculosis
  • Central nervous system
  • Human fertilization
  • Mycobacterium bovis
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Biology
  • Medicine
  • Pregnancy