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Congenital Tuberculosis After In Vitro Fertilization: A Case for Tuberculosis Screening of Women Evaluated for Infertility
- Source :
- Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76:e982-e986
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022.
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Abstract
- We report a case of multidrug-resistant congenital tuberculosis (TB) in an infant conceived by in vitro fertilization and review 22 additional infant–mother pairs in the literature. Females evaluated for infertility should be screened for TB risk, and those at risk require a TB-specific diagnostic evaluation before receiving assisted reproductive treatment.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15376591 and 10584838
- Volume :
- 76
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1aded94ff1a44595dc155724f55f76ce