A profile of a retrospective cohort of 22 patients with COVID-19 and active/treated tuberculosis
Authors:
- Nitesh GuptaNGNitesh Gupta
- Pranav IshPIPranav Ish
- Amitesh GuptaAGAmitesh Gupta
- Nipun MalhotraNMNipun Malhotra
- Rupak SinglaRSRupak Singla
- Rohit KumarRKRohit Kumar
- Siddharth Raj YadavSYSiddharth Raj Yadav
- Nishanth DevNDNishanth Dev
- Sumita AgrawalSASumita Agrawal
- Santvana KohliSKSantvana Kohli
- M.K. SenMSM.K. Sen
Open Access
- 22 October 2020
- journal article
- letter
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 56 (5) , 2003408
Abstract
Both tuberculosis and COVID-19 being communicable and prevalent diseases in India, the co-existence can lead to worse outcomes, as seen in our study where there was high mortality among active as well as treated TB patients with COVID-19 co-infection.Keywords
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