Articles, Issue 3/2024

A Clinical Case of Maternal Tuberculosis with a Favorable Outcome in a Full-term Neonate Infant

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St. Hitrova-Nikolova, L. Vakrilova, D. Hristova, I. Ibryam


Abstract

Tuberculosis remains a serious global public health problem, despite immunization programs. We
present a clinical case of a pregnant woman infected with tuberculosis. Her newborn had negative tests
as a result of maternal treatment. Primary, infiltrative-pneumonic maternal tuberculosis of the lungs was
diagnosed and treated at 26 gestational weeks in the University Hospital of Obstetrician and Gynecology
“Maichin Dom” – Sofia. A cesarean section was carried out at 40 weeks’ of gestation. Mycobacterium
tuberculosis was not found in the amniotic fluid or the placental tissue. The newborn had negative

laboratory tests for congenital tuberculosis. We would like to remind the recommendations for pregnant
women and their newborns in cases of tuberculosis. Prenatal history, diagnosis, and treatment during
pregnancy are of great benefit for early diagnosis and the determination of neonatal outcomes.
Key words: maternal tuberculosis, term neonate, recommendations

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Address for corespondence:

Clinic of neonatology, University Hospital of Оbstetrics and Gynecology “Maichin dom”
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical University of Sofia
2, “Zdrave”, Str.,
1431, Sofia, Bulgaria

e-mail: stasia_doc@abv.bg