Case Report: Coronavirus Disease and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Report of Two Cases
Coinfection of SARS-CoV-2/ (MTB) in patients with HIV/AIDS has not been previously reported. Here, we present two cases of coinfection of SARS-CoV-2 and MTB in patients with HIV. The first case is a 39-year-old patient who was admitted with a 7-day history of fever, myalgia, headache, and cough. The...
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Published in | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 103; no. 4; pp. 1593 - 1596 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
Institute of Tropical Medicine
01.10.2020
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
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Summary: | Coinfection of SARS-CoV-2/
(MTB) in patients with HIV/AIDS has not been previously reported. Here, we present two cases of coinfection of SARS-CoV-2 and MTB in patients with HIV. The first case is a 39-year-old patient who was admitted with a 7-day history of fever, myalgia, headache, and cough. The second patient is a 43-year-old man who had a 1-month history of cough with hemoptoic sputum, evolving to mild respiratory distress in the last 7 days. Both patients already had pulmonary tuberculosis and subsequently developed SARS-CoV-2 infection during the 2020 pandemic. Nonadherence to antiretroviral treatment may have been a factor in the clinical worsening of the patients. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 Authors’ addresses: Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias, Ana Livia Gomes Moreira, Eduardo Austregésilo Corrêa, Cicero Allan Landim de Oliveira Lima, Pablo Eliack Linhares de Holanda, and Fernanda Remígio Nunes, Hospital São José de Doenças Infecciosas (HSJ), Fortaleza, Brazil, E-mails: luisarthurbrasilk@gmail.com, analiviagm@gmail.com, eduardocorreira@outlook.com, allanlandim@hotmail.com, eliack2@hotmail.com, and fernandaremigio@gmail.com. Isadora Maria Praciano Lopes and Roberto da Justa Pires Neto, Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, E-mails: isadoramplopes@gmail.com and robertojusta@gmail.com. |
ISSN: | 0002-9637 1476-1645 |
DOI: | 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0737 |