Indolent pneumonia in a pregnant recent immigrant from Ethiopia: think TB

Time delay to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains a public health concern. In pregnancy, early TB diagnosis is challenging and acquires further significance due to the risk of infection of the newborn as well as others in the maternity setting. We report a delay of 12 weeks in the diagnosis of TB in...

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Autores principales: Bishara, Hashem, Lidji, Moshe, Vinitsky, Olga, Weiler-Ravell, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Case-based Learning
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6442269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24463942
http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2014.00001
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description Time delay to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains a public health concern. In pregnancy, early TB diagnosis is challenging and acquires further significance due to the risk of infection of the newborn as well as others in the maternity setting. We report a delay of 12 weeks in the diagnosis of TB in a pregnant recent immigrant from Ethiopia to Israel. Contact investigation revealed pulmonary TB in her two daughters aged four and seven years. We discuss the reasons for this delay in diagnosis, how a more timely diagnosis might have been made, and the dilemma of initiating treatment in unconfirmed TB.
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spelling pubmed-64422692019-07-01 Indolent pneumonia in a pregnant recent immigrant from Ethiopia: think TB Bishara, Hashem Lidji, Moshe Vinitsky, Olga Weiler-Ravell, Daniel Prim Care Respir J Case-based Learning Time delay to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains a public health concern. In pregnancy, early TB diagnosis is challenging and acquires further significance due to the risk of infection of the newborn as well as others in the maternity setting. We report a delay of 12 weeks in the diagnosis of TB in a pregnant recent immigrant from Ethiopia to Israel. Contact investigation revealed pulmonary TB in her two daughters aged four and seven years. We discuss the reasons for this delay in diagnosis, how a more timely diagnosis might have been made, and the dilemma of initiating treatment in unconfirmed TB. Nature Publishing Group 2014-03 2014-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6442269/ /pubmed/24463942 http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2014.00001 Text en Copyright © 2014 Primary Care Respiratory Society UK
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6442269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24463942
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