Indolent pneumonia in a pregnant recent immigrant from Ethiopia: think TB
| Autor: | Olga Vinitsky, Hashem Bishara, Daniel Weiler-Ravell, Moshe Lidji |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Delayed Diagnosis diagnosis Emigrants and Immigrants Diagnosis Differential Case-based Learning Pregnancy medicine Humans Israel Pregnancy Complications Infectious Intensive care medicine Tuberculosis Pulmonary Contact Investigation business.industry Public health Risk of infection Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Pneumonia medicine.disease tuberculosis Immunology Female Ethiopia Pulmonary tb business RECENT IMMIGRANT case history |
| Zdroj: | Primary Care Respiratory Journal: Journal of the General Practice Airways Group |
| ISSN: | 1475-1534 1471-4418 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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