title: [Current concepts on the course of pregnancies complicated by tuberculosis].
abstract: Tuberculosis is a public health problem in many countries, in the last ten years it has been a revival of this infection worldwide, including developed countries. Before chemotherapy emergency tuberculosis had a poor prognosis for the pregnancy, evolution change since the use of effective antituberculous drugs. In this moment if a pregnant woman receives a correct treatment, she will not experience an aggravation of the infection, nevertheless tuberculosis may cause an increase of the obstetric and neonatal mortality and morbidity rate, more frequently in women of developing countries or without treatment. Congenital tuberculosis is not frequent but is another risk for the newborns of tuberculous pregnant women.
authors: Departamento de Infectología e Inmunología, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, México, D.F.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Ambriz-Lopez
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Figueroa-Damian
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Villagrana-López Zesati
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Conceptos actuales sobre la evolución de los embarazos complicados con tuberculosis.