Successful Pregnancy in a Patient With Advanced Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease and <i>Burkholderia cenocepacia</i> Colonization
Cystic fibrosis (CF) affects multiple aspects of health, including reproduction and fertility. This report details a case of a 38-year-old woman with several complications from her CF, including advanced CF lung disease, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, asthma, and airway colonization with Burkholderia cenocepacia, who became pregnant and successfully delivered a baby boy without significant complications. This was an unplanned pregnancy 4 years after initiation of elexaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor therapy, a CF transmembrane conductance regulator modulator therapy that has significantly improved various health outcomes in patient populations with CF, including the reproductive health of women.
Authors
- A.S. Nyquist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2809-2416)
- Isabelle Ciaverelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5819-7483)
- Alison Brown
- Anju Singhal
Institutions
- Inova Fairfax Hospital (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2025.0085
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52