Tuberculosis

Model Suggests Treatment During Antepartum Stage of Pregnancy is Best Strategy

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, January 9th, 2001

- by Sonia Bell-Nichols, staff medical writer -- The best strategy for protecting women with latent tuberculosis infections during pregnancy is to treat them during the antepartum period, according to research published in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Latent tuberculosis is defined as having a positive skin test but a negative chest image on radiographic examination. Researchers at the University of North Carolina used a Markov decision-analysis model to determine the best way to treat latent tuberculosis in pregnant women.

The model incorporated three treatment choices for purposes of decision-making: provide no treatment, provide treatment...

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