Clinical analysis of pregnancy complicated with miliary tuberculosis

CONCLUSIONS: Miliary tuberculosis can occur in pregnant patients, especially in patients after IVF-ET. Symptoms often appear in the first trimester of pregnancy after IVF-ET and in the second trimester of natural pregnancy. Lacking specificity, the common clinical characteristics include elevated inflammation markers, anaemia, low lymphocyte count, and multiple miliary nodules shown on a chest HRCT scan. Half of patients with miliary tuberculosis may develop respiratory failure, and some may progress to ARDS. Therefore, infertile patients should be required to undergo TB screening before undergoing IVF-ET, and preventive anti-TB treatment should be given to patients with latent TB infections or untreated TB disease.Key MessageMiliary tuberculosis can occur in pregnant patients, especially in pregnant patients after IVF-ET. Symptoms often appear in the first trimester of pregnancy after IVF-ET and in the second trimester of natural pregnancy. Many patients develop respiratory failure or ARDS.PMID:34955089 | DOI:10.1080/07853890.2021.2018485
Source: Annals of Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Source Type: research