Ambriz-Lopez R, Figueroa-Damian R, Villagrana-López Zesati R
Departamento de Infectología e Inmunología, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, México, D.F.
Ginecol Obstet Mex. 1996 Jun;64:272-7.
Tuberculosis is a public health problem in many countries, in the last ten years it has been a revival of this infection worldwide, including developed countries. Before chemotherapy emergency tuberculosis had a poor prognosis for the pregnancy, evolution change since the use of effective antituberculous drugs. In this moment if a pregnant woman receives a correct treatment, she will not experience an aggravation of the infection, nevertheless tuberculosis may cause an increase of the obstetric and neonatal mortality and morbidity rate, more frequently in women of developing countries or without treatment. Congenital tuberculosis is not frequent but is another risk for the newborns of tuberculous pregnant women.
结核病在许多国家都是一个公共卫生问题。在过去十年中，这种感染在全球范围内出现了复苏，包括发达国家。在化疗出现之前，重症结核病对妊娠的预后很差，自从使用有效的抗结核药物以来，情况有所改变。目前，如果孕妇接受正确的治疗，感染不会加重，然而，结核病可能会导致产科和新生儿死亡率及发病率上升，在发展中国家的妇女或未接受治疗的妇女中更为常见。先天性结核病并不常见，但却是患结核病孕妇所生新生儿面临的另一个风险。
