Bedaquiline and Linezolid for Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Pregnant Woman

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Jaspard, Marie ; Elefant-Amoura, Elisabeth ; Melonio, Isabelle ; De Montgolfier, Inés ; Veziris, Nicolas ; Caumes, Eric
• Description:
  A woman with extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis treated with a drug regimen including linezolid and bedaquiline during her last 3 weeks of pregnancy gave birth to a child without abnormalities. No fetal toxicities were noted by 2 years after delivery. This drug combination might be safe during the late third trimester of pregnancy.
• Subjects:
  Adult Antitubercular Agents Diarylquinolines Drug Therapy, Combination Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Female Humans Linezolid Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(10):1731-1732.
• Pubmed ID:
  28792382
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5621557
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e68582a25b95ea2706da7dcbd86085079e77c034e0214f1187ebd7c4aee503f1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/48970/cdc_48970_DS1.pdf
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