Indolent pneumonia in a pregnant recent immigrant from Ethiopia: Think TB

Hashem Bishara; Moshe Lidji; Olga Vinitsky; Daniel Weiler-Ravell

doi:10.4104/pcrj.2014.00001

Indolent pneumonia in a pregnant recent immigrant from Ethiopia: Think TB

Hashem Bishara, Moshe Lidji, Olga Vinitsky, Daniel Weiler-Ravell

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Abstract

Time delay to tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains a public health concern. In pregnancy, early TB diagnosis is challenging and acquires further significance due to the risk of infection of the newborn as well as others in the maternity setting. We report a delay of 12 weeks in the diagnosis of TB in a pregnant recent immigrant from Ethiopia to Israel. Contact investigation revealed pulmonary TB in her two daughters aged four and seven years. We discuss the reasons for this delay in diagnosis, how a more timely diagnosis might have been made, and the dilemma of initiating treatment in unconfirmed TB.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	102-105
Number of pages	4
Journal	Primary Care Respiratory Journal
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2014.00001
State	Published - Mar 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Case history
Diagnosis
Pneumonia
Pregnancy
Tuberculosis

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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