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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jul 15;26(11).
doi: 10.3201/eid2611.202752. Online ahead of print.
Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April-May 2020
Sai Meng Tham, Wei Yang Lim, Chun Kiat Lee, Jerold Loh, Arthi Premkumar, Benedict Yan, Adrian Kee, Louis Chai, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Gabriel Yan
Abstract
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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Singapore; co-infection; coronavirus disease; radiography; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; socioeconomic; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jul 15;26(11).
doi: 10.3201/eid2611.202752. Online ahead of print.
Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April-May 2020
Sai Meng Tham, Wei Yang Lim, Chun Kiat Lee, Jerold Loh, Arthi Premkumar, Benedict Yan, Adrian Kee, Louis Chai, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Gabriel Yan
- PMID: 32667283
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2611.202752
Abstract
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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Singapore; co-infection; coronavirus disease; radiography; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; socioeconomic; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; viruses; zoonoses.