COVID-19 in Patients with Active Tuberculosis

• Published in: Diagnostics (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 10; p. 1768
• Main Authors: Kozińska, Monika, Augustynowicz-Kopeć, Ewa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Case Report; Case studies; coincidence; coinfection; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease transmission; HIV; Homeless people; Human immunodeficiency virus; Infections; Infectious diseases; Laboratories; Mortality; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Oxygen therapy; Pandemics; Patients; Public health; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Tuberculosis; Poland

Data on the coincidence of tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 are limited, and previous observations are based on the results of just a few studies, which has led to polarized views on the course of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in patients with active TB. We present the first two cases of TB and COVID-19 c...