Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April-May 2020

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 2764 - 2765
• Main Authors: Tham, Sai Meng, Lim, Wei Yang, Lee, Chun Kiat, Loh, Jerold, Premkumar, Arthi, Yan, Benedict, Kee, Adrian, Chai, Louis, Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah, Yan, Gabriel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.11.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; Adult; Betacoronavirus; Case studies; Coinfection - microbiology; coronavirus disease; Coronavirus Infections - microbiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Diagnosis; Dormitories; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Male; Migrant labor; Mycobacterium; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - microbiology; Research Letter; Risk factors; SARS-CoV-2; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Singapore; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology; viruses; Young Adult; Singapore; China; India; viruses; Singapore; co-infection; tuberculosis; socioeconomic; zoonoses; radiography; respiratory infections; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; 2019 novel coronavirus disease; coronavirus disease
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/EID2611.202752

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and tuberculosis (TB) developed in 4 foreign workers living in dormitories in Singapore during April-May 2020. Clinical manifestations and atypical radiographic features of COVID-19 led to the diagnosis of TB through positive interferon-gamma release assay and culture results. During the COVID-19 pandemic, TB should not be overlooked.