When Tuberculosis Co-Presenting with COVID-19 Becomes a Challenge, Case Report and Short Review

Tan Ching Yee; Yee Szemen; Alvin Wang Dingyuan; Foo Rui Min

doi:10.18502/crcp.v7i5.11861

Case Reports in Clinical Practice (Feb 2023)

When Tuberculosis Co-Presenting with COVID-19 Becomes a Challenge, Case Report and Short Review

Tan Ching Yee,
Yee Szemen,
Alvin Wang Dingyuan,
Foo Rui Min

Affiliations

Tan Ching Yee: Department of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.
Yee Szemen: Department of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.
Alvin Wang Dingyuan: Department of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.
Foo Rui Min: Department of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/crcp.v7i5.11861
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 5

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With current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, patients with respiratory symptoms are diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 more readily, but we may oversee some prevalent infective diseases that may co-exist. We report a case of SARS-CoV-2/tuberculosis co-infection and the importance of considering tuberculosis amidst SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Published in Case Reports in Clinical Practice

ISSN: 2538-2683 (Print); 2538-2691 (Online)
Publisher: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://crcp.tums.ac.ir

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