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Table 3 Summary of reported cases of TB during pregnancy after IVF-ET

From: Acute miliary tuberculosis in pregnancy after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: a report of seven cases

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]
  1. TB tuberculosis, IVF-ET in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome
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