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. 2022 Aug 5;3(3):285-291.
doi: 10.1016/j.xfre.2022.07.008. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Adverse pregnancy outcomes after in vitro fertilization due to undiagnosed urogenital tuberculosis and proposed screening algorithm for patients from tuberculosis-endemic countries

Stephanie E McLaughlin  1   2 , Surabhi B Vora  3 , E Chandler Church  1   4 , Christopher Spitters  1   2   5 , Angela Thyer  6 , Sylvia LaCourse  1   7 , Christopher N Herndon  8
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Adverse pregnancy outcomes after in vitro fertilization due to undiagnosed urogenital tuberculosis and proposed screening algorithm for patients from tuberculosis-endemic countries

Stephanie E McLaughlin et al. F S Rep. .
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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] F S Rep. 2025 Sep 19;6(3):407. doi: 10.1016/j.xfre.2025.09.001. eCollection 2025 Sep. F S Rep. 2025. PMID: 41054738 Free PMC article.

Abstract

Objective: To report 2 cases of adverse pregnancy outcomes due to delayed diagnosis of urogenital tuberculosis and propose a screening algorithm for patients from tuberculosis-endemic countries.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Academic medical center.

Patients: Two patients with delayed diagnosis of urogenital tuberculosis leading to a fetal loss and a preterm delivery of an infant with congenital tuberculosis.

Interventions: Endometrial biopsy, acid-fast bacilli culture of urine, and endometrium.

Main outcome measures: Pregnancy outcomes.

Results: Fetal loss at 19 weeks and preterm delivery of an infant with congenital tuberculosis before urogenital tuberculosis treatment.

Conclusions: Patients who are at risk of urogenital tuberculosis should be screened in advance of infertility treatment to potentially prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Keywords: Urogenital tuberculosis; congenital tuberculosis; female genital tuberculosis, IVF; infertility.

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