COVID-19 and Pulmonary Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Coinfection

The Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was classified as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. It is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus affects mainly the human respiratory system. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is...

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Published in:Oman medical journal 2021-09, Vol.36 (5), p.1-4
Main Authors: Al Lawati , Redha, Al Naabi , Hanan Hamed, Al Busaidy , Merah, Al Busaidi , Nasser, Al Umairi , Rashid, Khamis , Faryal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative treatment
Care
Case Reports
coinfection
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus infections
covid-19
COVID-19 (Disease)
Diagnosis
EPIDEMICS
INFECTION
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
OMAN
Patients
PULMONARY DISEASES
sars-cov-2
Social aspects
World Health Organization
الأمراض الصدرية
الأوبئة
العدوى
الفيروس المكلل
عمان
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Summary:The Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was classified as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. It is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus affects mainly the human respiratory system. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is another respiratory infection known to affect humans and may share joint clinical presentations and risk factors with COVID-19 infection. Therefore, clinicians must have a high index of suspicion that the two infections might coexist so that there is no delay in diagnosis and starting the appropriate treatment. There are few case reports about TB and COVID-19 coinfection. The first case report ever was from China and there have been a few others around the world. Here, we report two cases of coexisting COVID-19 and newly diagnosed pulmonary TB infection in Oman.
ISSN:1999-768X
2070-5204
DOI:10.5001/omj.2022.23