Case of pulmonary tuberculosis in late stage of pregnancy
Nakanishi, N.; Moritaka, T.; Ueda, N.
Kekkaku 79(10): 569-571
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9776 PMID: 15631108 Document Number: 575372
A 28-year-old woman who was a nurse was admitted to our hospital because her sputum was positive for M. tuberculosis. She was pregnancy of 35 weeks. First, she was administered INH, RFP, PZA and was treated with cesarean section on the 21st day after starting tuberculosis chemotherapy. The operation was done in operating room of negative pressure ventilation. The patient returned to the tuberculosis ward, and the newborn infant entered to a newborn nursery room after confirming negative tubercle bacilli in amnionic fluid by PCR examination. EB was added to the regimen of chemotherapy after childbirth. In general hospitals, infection control is an important issue as seen in this case.