Туберкулез и болезни лёгких (Jun 2022)

Specific course of COVID-19 associated pneumonia in the tuberculosis patient after pleuropneumonectomy

  • E. M. Zhukova,
  • Zh. A. Laushkina,
  • D. A. Skvortsov,
  • N. V. Stavitskaya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21292/2075-1230-2022-100-5-7-12
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 100, no. 5
pp. 7 – 12

Abstract

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The article describes a clinical case of viral pneumonia associated with COVID-19 of the only lung, it developed in the patient 30 days after pleuropneumonectomy which was done to manage fibrous cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis. The favorable course of COVID-19 was due to its timely detection and initiation of treatment, and possibly, it was due to using anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy containing antibacterial drugs that prevented nosocomial infections.

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