[Preliminary study of the association of tuberculosis and pregnancy: about 9 cases]

Dakar Med. 2004;49(3):192-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

From June 1668 to June 2002, we have studied at the Pneumology Clinic of Fann Hospital, pulmonary tuberculosis among 9 pregnant women. The average age was 26 years old and the consultation's delay was 5 months. All our patients had a productive cough and an evening fever coupled with a thoracic pain and a deterioration of the general condition in 7 patients (77.7%). The dyspnea and the heamoptisis were a consultation motive for 44.4% and 33.3% of the patients. The evolution of pregnancies was 29 weeks. They had all benefited from the intradermal reaction with tuberculin (IDRT) with an average diameter of 11.7 mm; it was negative in one patient. The bacilloscopy systematically done was negative in 2 patients. At the front thoracic radiography, we have found basal lesions unilateral in more than half of the cases and excavated in 44.4% of cases. They benefited from an antitubercular treatment (Rifampicine (R) + Isoniazide (H) + Pyrazinamide (Z) with a good clinical, biological, bacteriological and radiological progression. From the obstetrical point of view, there was an abortion after 5 months, 2 premature deliveries between the 7th and the 8th month and 6 normal deliveries at 9 months. Babies born from bacillary mothers systematically received an antitubercular treatment with breast feeding. In conclusion, pregnant women with pulmonary tuberculosis essentially pose a therapeutic problem, requiring a good collaboration between the lung specialist, the gyneco-obstetrician and the pediatrician. It could be more hazardous not to act early in treating a pregnant women with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Hemoptysis / etiology
  • Humans
  • Interprofessional Relations
  • Patient Care Planning
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / etiology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / pathology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / etiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / pathology*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents