Table 3 Summary of reported cases of TB during pregnancy after IVF-ET
Cases | Age (years) | Onset time (week) | TB history | Clinical manifestations | Diagnosis | Pregnancy outcomes for pregnant women | Outcomes for fetus | Country | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 33 | 10 | Denial of TB history | Fever, cough, shortness of breath | Miliary TB (1/1) | Cured | Spontaneous abortion | U.K. | Addis et al. [10] |
5 | 25–33 | 5–9 | Denial of TB history; Laparoscopy showed bilateral oviduct obstruction (5/5) | Fever (5/5) | Miliary TB (5/5) | Cured | Spontaneous abortion (5/5) | China | Wei et al. [16] |
4 | NA | 5–15 | Denial of TB history | Fever (4/4) | Miliary TB (4/4); ARDS (1/4) | Died (1/4); Cured (3/4) | Spontaneous abortion (4/4) | China | Wei et al. [17] |
1 | 29 | 11 | Denial of TB history; laparoscopy showed bilateral oviduct obstruction | Fever, shortness of breath | Miliary TB (1/1) | Cured | Spontaneous abortion | China | Liu et al. [18] |
6 | 27–32 | 6–9 | One case had a history of tuberculous pleuritis, and 1 case had a history of pelvic TB | Fever (6/6), slight cough and expectoration (6/6) | Miliary TB (6/6) | Cured | Spontaneous abortion (5/6); induced abortion (1/6) | China | Gao et al. [19] |
11 | 26–36 | 6–14 | Denial of TB history | Fever (11/11) | Miliary TB (11/11); TB meningitis (4/11) | Cured | Spontaneous abortion (8/11); induced abortion (3/11) | China | Jin et al. [20] |
6 | 29–39 | 5–16 (5/6); 26 (1/6) | One case had a history of TB, one case had no history of TB, but chest radiograph showed sclerotic calcification in the lung(s), and the other 4 cases had no manifestation of TB | Fever, cough, shortness of breath (6/6); Headache (1/6) | Miliary TB (6/6); TB meningitis (1/6) | Cured | Spontaneous abortion (3/6); induced abortion (3/6) | China | Ye et al. [21] |
1 | 38 | 14 | Denial of TB history, and laparoscopy showed bilateral oviduct obstruction | Fever, cough | Miliary TB with TB meningitis (1/1) | Cured | Spontaneous abortion | Israel | Gull et al. [22] |
1 | NA | 8 | Denial of TB history; Laparoscopy showed bilateral oviduct obstruction | Fever, cough | Miliary TB (1/1) | Cured | Spontaneous abortion | Belgium | Jacquemyn et al. [23] |
1 | 31 | 8 | Denial of TB history; Laparoscopy showed bilateral oviduct obstruction | Fever, cough | Miliary TB (1/1) | Cured | Premature delivery | China | Fan et al. [24] |