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Kian Fan Chung, qingling Zhang, Jiaxing Xie, Ian M. Adcock, Nazanin Zounemat Kermani, et al.
Serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPPA) as a predictor of eosinophilic Type-2 high asthmaTo the Editor,Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPPA), a metalloproteinase that cleaves insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding proteins (IGFBPs) to increase IGF availabili…
Xu Bo, C Brown, A Aboda, B McCully
…ever, be a rarely considered cause of infertility and early pregnancy failure. We report the case of a 19-year-old migrant woman living in regional Australia who presented with ectopic pregnancy following prior treatment for genital tuberculosis. We highlight the vulnerability of…
Rahmawati A, Judistiani RTD, Setiawati DA, Fajri R, Putri S, et al.
…rious health problem in pregnant women. Tuberculosis during pregnancy is related to poor perinatal outcomes, including low birth weight, insufficient growth relative to gestational age, perinatal mortality, and maternal morbidity and mortality. Additionally, diabetes mellitus in …
Tanya Dimova, Violeta Dimitrova, Petar Grozdanov, Nadya Markova
…hildhood of the woman could affect her placentobiome during pregnancy. Of note, the isolated mL-forms reverted to the cell-walled state of the parental BCG bacilli in vitro. METHOD OF STUDY: Here, we analyzed triple samples of blood, decidua and chorion taken from BCG-vaccinated …
B. W. M. A. Mahdoom, J. Karunasingha, V. J. Meegoda, J. D. Packianthan
Background: Spinal tuberculosis in pregnancy leading to neurological sequelae is rare and a challenging condition to manage. The usual approach is to perform urgent decompression surgery, but patients with a more stable course of the disease may benefit from a conservative approa…
Tanu Singhal
…ividuals is at stake. Screening all pregnant women in early pregnancy for bacteriuria is recommended. Pyelonephritis and puerperal sepsis should be managed aggressively with appropriate empiric antibiotic choices. Increasing resistance in Enterobacterales is the complicating trea…
U.N Jindal, S Kumar
Abstract Study question Is cumulative clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) and live birth rate (LBR) in infertile patients with treated genital tuberculosis similar to other infertility etiologies undergoing IVF? Summary answer There is no significant difference in cumulative CPR and LB…
Simon Finch, Amelia Shoemark, Alison Dicker, Holly R. Keir, Thomas C. Fardon, et al.
<b>Introduction:</b> Pregnancy zone protein (PZP) is a broad spectrum immunosuppressive protein originally discovered in the serum during pregnancy. We identified PZP in the sputum of patients with Bronchiectasis using proteomics. In this study we aimed to characterise PZP in the…
Ju Zou, Jie Li, Chen Chen, Ruochan Chen
…rd of annual deaths. Moreover, untimely TB treatment during pregnancy increases the risk of perinatal complications and poor fetal prognosis. Recently, there has been widespread use of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET). However, its clinical characteristics and …
Shreya Rastogi, Ravi Prakash, Brijesh pratap Singh
…presents unique diagnostic and management challenges during pregnancy. We report a rare case of spinal TB in a 23-year-old primigravida at 22 weeks gestation who presented with progressive lower limb weakness and sensory loss. MRI revealed thoracic vertebral involvement with spin…
khadija miftah, N. Zaghba, Hanane Benjelloun, Khadija Chaanoun, Hanaa Harraz, et al.
… study of 27 cases of pleural tuberculosis diagnosed during pregnancy, collected at the respiratory diseases department of CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca. <bold>Results:</bold> The median age was 29 years, with a mean interval of 3 months before consultation. Chest pain, dry cough, dy…
Ainharan Raveendran, Anish Keepanasseril, Ravi Kumar Balu, Ashalatha Shetty, Mahendran Chetty
…tality. With increasing migration, cases of tuberculosis in pregnancy or the puerperium are increasing in resource‐rich nations with advanced health care systems. Diagnosis may be delayed given the overlap of some of the symptoms with that of pregnancy. Timely diagnosis is essent…
Ju Zou, Jie Li, Chen Chen, Ruochan Chen
…rd of annual deaths. Moreover, untimely TB treatment during pregnancy increases the risk of perinatal complications and poor fetal prognosis. Recently, there has been widespread use of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET). However, its clinical characteristics and …
Shaifali Patil, Soumya Jhawar
… of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculous peritonitis in pregnancy is a diagnostic challenge, especially in the absence of lung involvement. We report a case of peritoneal tuberculosis in a 32-Year-old female, a G2A1 with 30 weeks’ gestation came with chief complaint of profus…
Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, Roksana Haque
…ed treatment regimen with resolution of neck swelling. Both pregnancy and TB can adversely affect each other and lead to poor outcome. So suspicion, detection and treatment of TB in pregnancy is important to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality for achieving SDG g…
Richard Court, Kamunkhwala Gausi, Buyisile Mkhize, Lubbe Wiesner, Catriona Waitt, et al.
Aim We aimed to explore the effect of pregnancy on bedaquiline pharmacokinetics and describe bedaquiline exposure in the human milk of mothers treated for rifampicin-resistant TB, where there is no human data available. Methods We performed a longitudinal pharmacokinetic study in…
U. Nagashree, Charumathi, U. Meenakshisundaram
…ed frequency of maternal disability, hospitalisation during pregnancy, foetal growth retardation, prematurity, low-birth weight and increased perinatal mortality. As information on outcome of pregnancy among women with extra pulmonary TB is limited; various medical and surgical o…
Swaramya Chnadrasekaran, Karthick Anand Krishnamurthy, Balaji Kalimuthu
Spinal Tuberculosis (Pott’s Spine) infection during pregnancy poses significant challenges in early diagnosis, as it often resembles typical back pain experienced during pregnancy. Delayed diagnosis has resulted in maternal and foetal complications, including paraplegia, prematur…
Lotia Farrukh I, Lachenal N, Adenov MM, Ahmed S, Algozhin Y, et al.
… normal birth weights. Effective MDR/RR-TB treatment during pregnancy can improve maternal outcomes without harming neonates.
Tong Carmen, Liyana Bte Zailan, Ravinder Singh, Ann Wright
…d intra-uterine death. We described a case of miliary TB in pregnancy presenting as prolonged fever with a negative workup showing the challenges in diagnosing miliary TB antenatally, as manifestations can be non-specific and investigation results are inconclusive. This case emph…
Court R, Gausi K, Mkhize B, Wiesner L, Waitt C, et al.
Aims We aimed to explore the effect of pregnancy on bedaquiline pharmacokinetics (PK) and describe bedaquiline exposure in the breast milk of mothers treated for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB), where there are no human data available. Methods We performed a longitudinal P…
Nordholm AC, Suppli CH, Norman A, Ekstrøm CT, Ertberg P, et al.
BackgroundPregnancy increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB), however, data on TB epidemiology in pregnant women are limited.AimTo guide possible interventions, we analysed risk factors for TB in pregnant and post-partum women.MethodsWe conducted a nationwide retrospective registe…
Jordan Emont, Kathleen Chung, Dwight J. Rouse
…ction. There are few descriptions of infection with HMPV in pregnancy. We present two cases of HMPV infection occurring in pregnancy, including a case of superimposed bacterial pneumonia in a pregnant woman after HMPV infection. In the first case, a 40-year-old woman at 29 weeks …
Niranjan Chavan, Umme Ammara, Zaneta Dias, Manan Murlidhar Boob
A psoas abscess in pregnancy is a relatively uncommon condition with nonspecific signs and symptoms. It may lead to serious complications if not diagnosed and treated promptly. Although spinal tuberculosis affects nearly half of skeletal tuberculosis patients, psoas abscess devel…
Joelma Patrícia Gonçalves Mateia Pio, Marcelo Nóbrega Litvoc, Hermes Ryoiti Higashino, Vivalda Ndahafa Hinamito, Igor C. Borges
… antimicrobial selection due to its resistance profile, and pregnancy makes this situation even more challenging due to additional restrictions related to the risk of fetal toxicity. Female patient, 31 years old, with a past history of pleural TB in 2018, diagnosed with pulmonary…