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Curcio AM, Shekhawat P, Reynolds AS, Thakur KT
Neurologic infections during pregnancy represent a significant cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Immunologic alterations during pregnancy increase the susceptibility of the premature brain to damage. This chapter summarizes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, an…
Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Budhram S, Taha TE, Vannevel V, et al.
… of data on SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated COVID-19 in pregnancy. Given the endemicity of infections such as malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis (TB) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), it is important to evaluate coinfections with SARS-CoV-2 and their impact on maternal/infant outcomes…
Daniela Vinueza, David E Rebellón-Sánchez, Maria Alejandra Recio, Ana Maria Granados, Luis Alberto Escobar, et al.
…sents the case of a 22-year-old woman at 29 weeks of pregnancy, who exhibited recent onset neurologic symptoms including paresthesia of the right side of the face, involuntary myoclonic movements in the ipsilateral hand, 1 week of weakness in the right side of the b…
Pop LG, Bacalbasa N, Suciu ID, Ionescu P, Toader OD
Tuberculosis (TB) in pregnancy is not only a matter of the past; it is also a current problem. These days, TB appears through mass migration and tourism in countries where it was believed that this condition is eradicated. Adequate knowledge about the medical history of patients,…
Uduak Okomo, Esin Nkereuwem, Hannah Blencowe, Aduragbemi Banke‐Thomas, Toyin Togun
An overlooked burden: Tuberculosis during pregnancy and postpartum continues to be under-recognised worldwide, despite bridging two major global health priorities: tuberculosis control and maternal and newborn survival. Recent estimates suggest that approximately 239,000 women co…
A. Priya, Patil N Ravi
Tuberculosis (TB) in pregnancy is a major health problem which possess a sustainable risk of morbidity to mother and fetus if not diagnosed and treated at correct time. The diagnosis in pregnancy is challenging, especially in the absence of lung involvement. It usually mimics oth…
Rosie Burton
… immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis, and malaria in pregnancy. The global roll-out of antiretroviral therapy has significantly improved survival for people living with HIV and reduced mother-to-child transmission, but HIV infection remains a leading cause of maternal mort…
Alajaji NM, Sallout B, Baradwan S
…nosed with tuberculous spondylitis, or Pott disease, during pregnancy. CASE REPORT A 27-year-old female, in her first pregnancy and at 29 weeks of gestation, presented to the Emergency Department with worsening severe neck and back pain for the past 5 months. Post-gadolinium cont…
Alison J. Morton, Alexandra Roddy Mitchell, Richard E. Melville, Lisa Hui, Steven Y. C. Tong, et al.
Abstract Pregnancy may be associated with risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) in those infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ). The perinatal period could provide opportunities for targeted screening and treatment. This study aims to synthesise published literature on M…
Nalini Bala Pandey
Pregnancy with Tuberculosis (TB) can adversely affect the health of the gravida, foetus, and neonate with a spectrum of short and long-term implications. Prevention, diagnosis, and management with a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) approach of TB in pregnancy can improve maternal an…
Song Y, Wang Z, Hao Z, Li L, Lu J, et al.
… is a rare severe clinical syndrome. HLH manifesting during pregnancy has been paid much attention in recent years. Despite the specificity of pregnancy-related HLH, there has not been any consensus regarding its treatment. According to a previous study, corticosteroid/IVIG is th…
McLaughlin SE, Vora SB, Church EC, Spitters C, Thyer A, et al.
Objective To report 2 cases of adverse pregnancy outcomes due to delayed diagnosis of urogenital tuberculosis and propose a screening algorithm for patients from tuberculosis-endemic countries. Design Case report. Setting Academic medical center. Patients Two patients with delaye…
Yadav A, Singh A, Aggarwal K
Acute paraplegia in pregnancy is uncommon but can result from pathology including Guillain-Barre syndrome, acute transverse myelitis, and spinal tuberculosis, also known as Pott's disease of the spine. India has a high incidence of tuberculosis (2.8 million cases annually) theref…
Sujithra Devi R, Priya S, Kumari M, Ramkumar G, Jinkala S, et al.
…prevalence of tuberculosis. This is rarely diagnosed during pregnancy. The presentation can mimic other etiologies such as eclampsia or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis so the diagnosis can be challenging, particularly when presenting with seizures in pregnancy. Described here is…
Tiago Lima, Sandra Trigo, Eduarda Silveira, Gabriela Jorge da Silva, Sara Domingues
…isease. First-line anti-TB drugs are considered safe during pregnancy and lactation. In contrast, second-line drugs have a less well-established safety profile during breastfeeding, and the available evidence regarding their excretion in breast milk remains limited; therefore, th…
Srivastava S, Raj A, Agarwal R, Bhosale S, Marathe N
…is of the spine causing paraplegia in the 2 nd trimester of pregnancy is rare and poses significant management dilemmas. Pregnancy, a relatively immunocompromised state with high hormonal levels, may prompt rapid TB destruction of a vertebral body resulting in an acute/ profound …
Afsana Rahman Maliha, Md Mostakim Billah, Md Mortuza Arafin, Ibrahim Khalil, Tahseen Tabassum
Spinal tuberculosis (Pott's disease) during pregnancy is rare and poses diagnostic challenges due to overlapping symptoms with pregnancy-related changes, potentially leading to severe neurological deficits if untreated. We report an 18-year-old primigravida at 32 weeks gestation …
Zhuang L, Wang XY, Sang Y, Xu J, He XL
Background Acute urinary retention (AUR) is rare during pregnancy. Case summary We report on three pregnant women with AUR between the 10 th and 18 th wk of gestation. Case 1 was first diagnosed as urinary tract infection and developed a urinary tract infection due to urinary ret…
Morton AJ, Roddy Mitchell A, Melville RE, Hui L, Tong SYC, et al.
Pregnancy may be associated with risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) in those infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The perinatal period could provide opportunities for targeted screening and treatment. This study aims to synthesise published literature on Mtb infectio…
Waleed Razzaq Chaudhry, Sana Altaf, Cara Mohammed, Sofia Fuerte
Tuberculosis (TB) during pregnancy can cause certain deleterious effects to both the mother and the fetus, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. The risk of TB rises significantly during pregnancy due to dampening of the immune response in females and certain factors ye…
Kuupiel D, Tlou B, Bawontuo V, Mashamba-Thompson TP
…mentation. This study assessed the current accessibility of pregnancy-related point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests for maternal healthcare in rural primary healthcare (PHC) clinics in northern Ghana. Method We randomly selected 100 PHC clinics providing maternal healthcare from a…
William M. Hague, Leonie Callaway, Jennifer Chambers, Lucy C. Chappell, Suzette Coat, et al.
… (less than 34 weeks gestation) intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) affects 0.1% of pregnant women in Australia and is associated with a 3-fold increased risk of stillbirth, fetal hypoxia and compromise, spontaneous preterm birth, as well as increased frequencies of pre-e…
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…
Grace Montepiedra, Lisa Aaron, Gerhard Theron, Katie McCarthy, Sarah Bradford, et al.
…eeks of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) initiated during pregnancy (immediate IPT) versus deferring to week 12 postpartum (deferred IPT) in people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy, showed higher than expected hepatotoxicity. We investigated the potential roles of antiretrovi…
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…