Unrecognized tuberculosis in a patient with COVID-19
| العنوان: | Unrecognized tuberculosis in a patient with COVID-19 |
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| المؤلفون: | Violeta Mihailovic-Vucinic, Slobodan Belić, Ivana Buha, Mihailo Stjepanovic, Nikola Maric, Marko Baralić |
| المصدر: | Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, Vol 149, Iss 1-2, Pp 70-73 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | National Library of Serbia, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Tuberculosis, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), diagnosis, lcsh:Medicine, Computed tomography, 02 engineering and technology, 010402 general chemistry, 01 natural sciences, Pandemic, Epidemiology, medicine, Mycobacteria growth indicator tube, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, lcsh:R, General Medicine, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, medicine.disease, infection, 0104 chemical sciences, 3. Good health, covid-19, tuberculosis, Coinfection, Sputum, medicine.symptom, 0210 nano-technology, business |
| الوصف: | Introduction. COVID-19 is responsible for the current global pandemic. Globally, over 15 million people are currently infected, and just over 600,000 have died due to being infected. It is known that people with chronic illnesses and compromised immune systems can develop more severe clinical presentation. Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the biggest epidemiological problems worldwide. Both of these diseases can be misdiagnosed and can manifest in a similar way. We will present a case study of a patient who was initially treated as a COVID-19 infection, with TB being diagnosed later on. The recovery began only after being treated for both diseases simultaneously. Case report. The patient is a 27-year-old male, non-smoker, with no history of any significant diseases. He presented with fever, fatigue and hemoptysis. Computed tomography pulmoangiography had shown massive consolidations and excavations, which could be caused by COVID-19. Despite being treated for COVID-19, there was no clinical improvement. On the follow-up chest X-ray, beside signs of COVID-19, there were also changes that could indicate TB. TB was detected in sputum, using PCR and Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube, and only after being treated for both diseases did his condition improve. Conclusion. There are a few reported cases of COVID-19 and TB coinfections, and we believe that there are many more patients with this coinfection being unrecognized |
| تدمد: | 2406-0895 0370-8179 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::000334003e22043f0c514948b831c223 https://doi.org/10.2298/sarh200730006s |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....000334003e22043f0c514948b831c223 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 24060895 03708179 |
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