Case-controlled study of tuberculosis in in-vitro fertilisation-embryo transfer and natural pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To improve the understanding of the clinical features and imaging characteristics of pregnant women with and without in-vitro fertilisation-embryo transfer combined with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).

Methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted involving 50 patients with pregnancy who had pulmonary TB and were admitted to the Third People's Hospital of Kunming (China) between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2021. These patients were divided into an in-vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) conception group and a natural conception group according to the conception method. The clinical and imaging data were then collected and compared.

Results

The mean age of the IVF-ET group (n = 13, 31.85 ± 5.84 years) was higher than in the natural conception gro

SUBMITTER: Wei JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804702 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature