HEALTH OF WOMAN.2015.1(97):182–184 
 

Features of the course of pregnancy in women with HIV-associated tuberculosis 
 

Gaborets T. L.

National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education P. L. Shupyk, Kiev 
 

Tuberculosis remains a major opportunistic disease in HIV-infected patients and is the leading cause of death in these patients. In recent times there are cases of pregnancy among women with this pathology. The article analyzes the parsed during pregnancy in women with HIV-associated TB, defined levels of obstetric complications and perinatal pathology and comparative characterization of complications depending on the time of detection of the disease and the treatment.Considering the obtained data, conclusions about the possibility of pregnancy in HIV-infected women who suffer from tuberculosis and forecast the possible complications of pregnancy. 
 

Key words: pregnancy, HIV infection, tuberculosis, obstetrical and perinatal complications. 
 

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