Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2024)

Tuberculosis Diagnostic Delays and Treatment Outcomes among Patients with COVID-19, California, USA, 2020

  • Emily Han,
  • Scott A. Nabity,
  • Shom Dasgupta-Tsinikas,
  • Ramon E. Guevara,
  • Marisa Moore,
  • Ankita Kadakia,
  • Hannah Henry,
  • Martin Cilnis,
  • Sonal Buhain,
  • Amit Chitnis,
  • Melony Chakrabarty,
  • Ann Ky,
  • Quy Nguyen,
  • Julie Low,
  • Seema Jain,
  • Julie Higashi,
  • Pennan M. Barry,
  • Jennifer Flood

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3001.230924
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 1
pp. 136 – 140

Abstract

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We assessed tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic delays among patients with TB and COVID-19 in California, USA. Among 58 persons, 43% experienced TB diagnostic delays, and a high proportion (83%) required hospitalization for TB. Even when viral respiratory pathogens circulate widely, timely TB diagnostic workup for at-risk persons remains critical for reducing TB-related illness.

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