Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 628985, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/628985
Case Report

Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Young Pregnant Female: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management

Manogna Maddineni and Mukta Panda

Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA

Received 29 August 2007; Accepted 15 February 2008

Academic Editor: Sebastian Faro

Copyright © 2008 Manogna Maddineni and Mukta Panda. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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