Best practices for the care of pregnant people living with TB

C Maugans, M Loveday, S Hlangu… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: Each year more than 200,000 pregnant people become sick with TB, but
little is known about how to optimize their diagnosis and therapy. Although there is a need …

Evidence for implementation: management of TB in HIV and pregnancy

AJ Jones, JS Mathad, KE Dooley, AC Eke - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Pregnant people living with HIV (PLWH) are at especially high
risk for progression from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to active tuberculosis (TB) …

Pregnancy and birth outcomes in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treated with regimens that include new and repurposed drugs

I Lotia Farrukh, N Lachenal, MM Adenov… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Among 43 pregnant women receiving multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis
(MDR/RR-TB) treatment with bedaquiline and/or delamanid, 98% had favorable treatment …

Treatment and pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women exposed to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in South Africa

I Mokhele, N Jinga, R Berhanu, T Dlamini… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Multi-drug resistant and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) in
pregnant women is a cause for concern globally; few data have described the safety of …

Treatment outcomes among pregnant patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KA Alene, MB Murray, BJ Van De Water… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) during
pregnancy is challenging, yet no systematic synthesis of evidence has accurately measured …

[HTML][HTML] Chest X-ray predicts cases of pulmonary tuberculosis among women of reproductive age with acute respiratory symptoms: A multi-center cross-sectional study

T Hailemariam, G Yimer, H Mohammed, H Bisrat… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence is increasing among women of reproductive age
(WRA) in sub-Saharan Africa, yet undiagnosed and untreated cases remain rather high with …

The clinical presentation and detection of tuberculosis during pregnancy and in the postpartum period in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review and …

G Simpson, M Philip, JP Vogel… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
For women infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pregnancy is associated with an
increased risk of developing or worsening TB disease. TB in pregnancy increases the risk of …

Chapter 10: Treatment of active tuberculosis in special populations

R Cooper, S Houston, C Hughes… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
• Adverse events and treatment interruption are more common in these special populations;
close monitoring and additional support is often needed.• Given alterations in TB-drug …

Examining family planning and adverse pregnancy outcomes for women with active tuberculosis disease: a systematic review

Y Nguyen, KC McNabb, JE Farley, N Warren - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives (1) Summarise and evaluate the current evidence of tuberculosis (TB)-associated
pregnancy outcomes,(2) evaluate the state of the science of family planning during TB …

The mark of success: The role of vaccine-induced skin scar formation for BCG and smallpox vaccine-associated clinical benefits

O Bæk, F Schaltz-Buchholzer, A Campbell… - Seminars in …, 2024 - Springer
Skin scar formation following Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) or smallpox (Vaccinia)
vaccination is an established marker of successful vaccination and 'vaccine take'. Potent …