TUBERCULOSIS DUE TO DRUG-RESISTANT MYCOBACTERIUM-BOVIS IN PREGNANCY

We describe the management practices adopted in a case of pulmonary an d extra-pulmonary tuberculosis caused by an isoniazid/pyrazinamide res istant strain of Mycobacterium bovis in a 26-week pregnant woman. She was initially treated with rifampin, isoniazid and ethambutol, pre-ter m delivery was induced and streptomycin was then added to the regimen. Screening of the new-born revealed no signs of either disease or infe ction. Isoniazid prophylaxis was not administered and the new-born was vaccinated and isolated from the mother for two months; however she c ontinued to be fed with her mother's milk for the whole period.