Tuberculosis Infection in Women of Reproductive Age: A Cross-sectional Study at Antenatal Care Clinics in an Ethiopian City.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge on tuberculosis (TB) infection epidemiology in women of reproductive age living in TB-endemic areas is limited. We used a composite definition of TB infection in a cohort of pregnant women recruited in an Ethiopian city as a model for TB exposure patterns, and to identify factors associated with TB infection.

Methods

Women seeking antenatal care at public health facilities underwent structured interviews, physical examination, and QuantiFERON-TB Gold-Plus (QFT) testing. Women with symptoms compatible with TB disease, and all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive women, were investigated for active TB by sputum bacteriological testing. TB infection (TB+) was defined as either positive QFT (≥ 0.35 IU/mL), self-reported previous active TB, or current

SUBMITTER: Walles J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8282312 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature