Tuberculosis-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths after COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place, San Francisco, California, USA

Abstract

A mandated shelter-in-place and other restrictions associated with the coronavirus disease pandemic precipitated a decline in tuberculosis diagnoses in San Francisco, California, USA. Several months into the pandemic, severe illness resulting in hospitalization or death increased compared with prepandemic levels, warranting heightened vigilance for tuberculosis in at-risk populations.

Keywords

• tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• TB
• coronavirus disease
• COVID-19
• SARS-CoV-2
• severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2