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Congenital Tuberculosis After In Vitro Fertilization: A Case for Tuberculosis Screening of Women Evaluated for Infertility

Authors :
Ashley Sands
Maria T Santiago
Shanika Uduwana
Lily Glater-Welt
Idil D Ezhuthachan
Gina Coscia
Lisa Hayes
Gregory J Berry
Lorry G Rubin
Stefan H F Hagmann
Source :
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76:e982-e986
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022.

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.

Details

ISSN :
15376591 and 10584838
Volume :
76
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1aded94ff1a44595dc155724f55f76ce