Open AccessPerinatal tuberculosis: Diagnostic and therapeutic approach
Author(s) -
Slobodanka Petrović,
Radmila Ljuština-Pribić,
Branislavka Bjelica-Rodić,
Gordana Vilotijević-Dautović,
Svetlana Cegar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1212496p
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , intensive care medicine , pathology
The number of people suffering from tuberculosis has increased rapidly in the whole world over the past three decades. The classical age distribution of disease has also changed. According to the epidemiological data the number of pregnant women having tuberculosis has also risen with the resulting increase in the incidence of perinatal tuberculosis.