Coronavirus disease 2019 and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis co-infection – A case report and review of literature

Coronavirus disease 2019 and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis co-infection – A case report and review of literature

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to cause significant global morbidity and mortality, leading to the need to study the course of the disease in different clinical circumstances and patient populations. While co-infection between COVID-19 and many pathogens has been reported...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shawn Gerstein, Akshay Khatri, Nitzan Roth, Frances Wallach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Subjects:
Covid-19
SARS-CoV-2
Tuberculosis
Cirrhosis
Peritoneal tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579421000024
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Summary:The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to cause significant global morbidity and mortality, leading to the need to study the course of the disease in different clinical circumstances and patient populations. While co-infection between COVID-19 and many pathogens has been reported, there has been limited published research regarding co-infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We describe a case of co-infection involving COVID-19 and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient with cirrhosis, and review the current literature regarding COVID-19 and tuberculosis co-infection. In spite of several co-morbidities that have been shown to portend a poor prognosis in patients with COVID-19 infection, our patient fully recovered.
ISSN:2405-5794

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