Association between tuberculosis and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study of women in Cape Town, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of mortality among women of childbearing age and a significant contributor to maternal mortality. Pregnant women with TB are at high risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to determine risk factors for an adverse pregnancy outcome among pregnant women diagnosed with TB.

Methods

Using TB programmatic data, this retrospective cohort analysis included all women who were routinely diagnosed with TB in the public sector between October 2018 and March 2020 in two health subdistricts of Cape Town, and who were documented to be pregnant during their TB episode. Adverse pregnancy outcome was defined as either a live birth of an infant weighing <2500 g and/or with a gestation period <37 weeks or as stillbirth, miscarri

SUBMITTER: Meehan SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860026 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature