Tuberculosis due to drug-resistant Mycobacterium bovis in pregnancy

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 1998 Apr;2(4):342-3.

Abstract

We describe the management practices adopted in a case of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis caused by an isoniazid/pyrazinamide resistant strain of Mycobacterium bovis in a 26-week pregnant woman. She was initially treated with rifampin, isoniazid and ethambutol, pre-term delivery was induced and streptomycin was then added to the regimen. Screening of the new-born revealed no signs of either disease or infection. Isoniazid prophylaxis was not administered and the new-born was vaccinated and isolated from the mother for two months; however she continued to be fed with her mother's milk for the whole period.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Morocco / ethnology
  • Mycobacterium bovis / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium bovis / isolation & purification
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents