An Unfortunate Case of Reactivation of Tuberculosis in a Postpartum Female

Tuberculosis (TB) is a widely prevalent disease, especially in resource-limited settings. It poses a big burden to the community and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnant females due to their immunosuppressed state. During pregnancy, the immune system is suppressed to prevent...

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Autores principales: Tasleem, Azka, Mahmood, Aqsa, Bharat, Anchit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7779138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33409022
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11775
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description Tuberculosis (TB) is a widely prevalent disease, especially in resource-limited settings. It poses a big burden to the community and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnant females due to their immunosuppressed state. During pregnancy, the immune system is suppressed to prevent fetal rejection, and it gets reconstituted postpartum. During this reconstitution phase, reactivation of TB may occur, making it quintessential to test peripartum females for latent TB, especially those belonging to endemic regions. We describe an unfortunate case of reactivation of TB in a postpartum female from Central America.
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spelling pubmed-77791382021-01-05 An Unfortunate Case of Reactivation of Tuberculosis in a Postpartum Female Tasleem, Azka Mahmood, Aqsa Bharat, Anchit Cureus Internal Medicine Tuberculosis (TB) is a widely prevalent disease, especially in resource-limited settings. It poses a big burden to the community and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnant females due to their immunosuppressed state. During pregnancy, the immune system is suppressed to prevent fetal rejection, and it gets reconstituted postpartum. During this reconstitution phase, reactivation of TB may occur, making it quintessential to test peripartum females for latent TB, especially those belonging to endemic regions. We describe an unfortunate case of reactivation of TB in a postpartum female from Central America. Cureus 2020-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7779138/ /pubmed/33409022 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11775 Text en Copyright © 2020, Tasleem et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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