Title
Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis during pregnancy: A report of 7 cases
Date Issued
15 April 2003
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Shin S.
Guerra D.
Rich M.
Seung K.
Mukherjee J.
Joseph K.
Hurtado R.
Farmer P.
Furin J.
Abstract
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a global public health problem affecting women of childbearing age. Little is known, however, about the safety of the drugs used to treat MDR-TB during pregnancy. We describe 7 patients who were treated for MDR-TB during pregnancy. These patients had chronic tuberculosis that had caused extensive parenchymal damage and had high-grade resistance to antituberculous drugs. All patients received individualized antituberculous therapy prior to delivery of healthy term infants. Neither obstetrical complications nor perinatal transmission of MDB-TB was observed. One patient experienced treatment failure, and another abandoned therapy. The other 5 patients are currently cured or in treatment and have culture-negative status. In each of these 7 cases, excellent treatment outcomes were obtained for the women and their children. Under certain circumstances, MDR-TB can be successfully treated during pregnancy.
Start page
996
End page
1003
Volume
36
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Obstetricia, Ginecología
Medicina general, Medicina interna
DOI
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0037447371
PubMed ID
Source
Clinical Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
10584838
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus