New disease and old threats: A case series of COVID‐19 and tuberculosis coinfection in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Shabrawishi; Abdullmoin AlQarni; Maher Ghazawi; Baraa Melibari; Tebra Baljoon; Hassan Alwafi; Mohammed Samannodi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4233

Clinical Case Reports (May 2021)

New disease and old threats: A case series of COVID‐19 and tuberculosis coinfection in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Shabrawishi,
Abdullmoin AlQarni,
Maher Ghazawi,
Baraa Melibari,
Tebra Baljoon,
Hassan Alwafi,
Mohammed Samannodi

Affiliations

Mohammed Shabrawishi: Department of Medicine Al Noor Specialist Hospital Makkah Saudi Arabia
Abdullmoin AlQarni: Department of Medicine Al Noor Specialist Hospital Makkah Saudi Arabia
Maher Ghazawi: Department of Radiology Al Noor Specialist Hospital Makkah Saudi Arabia
Baraa Melibari: Department of Medicine Al Noor Specialist Hospital Makkah Saudi Arabia
Tebra Baljoon: Department of Medicine Al Noor Specialist Hospital Makkah Saudi Arabia
Hassan Alwafi: Faculty of Medicine Umm Al‐Qura University Makkah Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Samannodi: Department of Medicine College of Medicine Umm Al‐Qura University Makkah Saudi Arabia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4233
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 5
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract COVID‐19 and TB coinfection are not common and may occur more in TB endemic countries. However, patients with pre‐COVID‐19 chronic respiratory symptoms should be screened for TB as well.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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