ArticleBMC infectious diseases2021
Acute miliary tuberculosis in pregnancy after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: a report of seven cases.
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- Examining family planning and adverse pregnancy outcomes for women with active tuberculosis disease: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
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- When Tuberculosis Lurks: The Silent Risk of Central Nervous System Infection Following In vitro Fertilization.Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology · 2025Article
- Clinical Characteristics of Miliary Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Pregnancy After In Vitro Fertilization-Embryo Transfer: A Retrospective Clinical Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Sensitivity of Immunodiagnostic Tests in Localized Versus Disseminated Tuberculosis-A Systematic Review of Individual Patient Data.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Review
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- The impact of IGRA positivity in untreated inactive pulmonary tuberculosis on IVF-ET outcomes in infertile women: an ambispective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- 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.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Should miliary tuberculosis be considered as a possible cause of infertility in the new era: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical analysis of 20 cases of perinatal tuberculosis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Case-controlled study of tuberculosis in in-vitro fertilisation-embryo transfer and natural pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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- The Effect of Latent Tuberculosis Infection on Ovarian Reserve and Pregnancy Outcomes among Infertile Women Undergoing Intrauterine Insemination: A Retrospective Cohort Study with Propensity Score Matching.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- What is your diagnosis?Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association · 2023Article
- Reactivated disseminated tuberculosis in pregnancy: Case report and review of the literature.Case reports in women's health · 2023Article
- The clinical presentation and detection of tuberculosis during pregnancy and in the postpartum period in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhile miliary tuberculosis (TB) in pregnancy is rare after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET), it poses a serious threat to the health of pregnant women and their fetuses. The present study aimed to describe the clinical features of miliary TB and pregnancy outcomes of patients after IVF-ET.
methodsData of infertile patients who received IVF-ET at Peking University Third Hospital between January 2012 and December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients who developed miliary TB during pregnancy were identified, and clinical characteristics of miliary TB were described.
resultsOut of 62,755 infertile women enrolled, 7137 (11.4 %) showed signs of prior pulmonary TB on chest X-ray (CXR). Among the 15,136 women (mean age: 33.2 ± 5.0 years) who successfully achieved clinical pregnancy, seven patients aged 28-35 years had miliary TB during pregnancy, with two patients having a complication of TB meningitis. All these patients presented with fever. Notably, old TB lesions were detected on CXR in six patients before IVF-ET; nevertheless, no anti-TB therapy was administered. Furthermore, salpingography revealed oviduct obstruction in all patients (7/7). Patients received anti-TB therapy following a diagnosis of miliary TB and were clinically cured. However, pregnancy was terminated due to spontaneous (4/7) and induced (3/7) abortion.
conclusionsTB reactivation, mostly as miliary TB and TB meningitis, is severe in pregnant women after IVF-ET and deleterious to pregnancy outcomes. Signs of prior TB on CXR may be risk factors for TB reactivation during pregnancy.
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