Impact of Latent Tuberculosis Infection on Ovarian Reserve and In Vitro Fertilization or Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study with Propensity Score Matching
Yifan Chu, Jialiang Zhang, Luyao Wang, Jiaxin Xie, Chen Jiayun, Miao Yan, Xinyao Hu, Bo Zhang, et al. (9 authors)
International Journal of Medical Sciences · 2025-10
Abstract
Background: Tuberculosis is a communicable disease that is a major cause of ill health and one of the leading causes of death worldwide.Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) widely exists in people all over the world, especially in patients with unexplained infertility, and the relationship between latent tuberculosis infection and ovarian reserve, as well as pregnancy outcomes of in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI), remains poorly understood.Methods: A single-center, retrospective cohort study was conducted
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- In vitro fertilisation
- Retrospective cohort study
- Ovarian reserve
- Antral follicle
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- Pregnancy
- Propensity score matching
- Live birth
- Tuberculosis
- Obstetrics
- Reproductive medicine
- Cohort
- Infertility
- Cohort study
- Latent tuberculosis
- Gynecology
- Assisted reproductive technology
- Pregnancy rate