title: Tuberculosis and Pregnancy-Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Considerations.
abstract: The issue of tuberculosis during pregnancy is not simply a historical inquiry but rather an increasingly familiar clinical problem facing industrial nations as well as the developing countries of the world. This review focuses on the maternal aspects of tuberculous infection, as well as transmission to the fetus and newborn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19134.
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140.
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Aronoff
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D018812:Paternal Exposure; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology