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Tuberculosis and COVID-19: An overlapping situation during pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorKARAHASAN, AYŞEGÜL
dc.contributor.authorsSarinoglu, Rabia Can; Sili, Uluhan; Eryuksel, Emel; Yildizeli, Sehnaz Olgun; Cimsit, Cagatay; Yagci, Aysegul Karahasan
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-14T10:53:23Z
dc.date.available2022-03-14T10:53:23Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-31
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). First COVID-19 case was detected in March, 10, 2020 in Turkey and as of May, 18, 2020 148,067 cases have been identified and 4096 citizens have died. Tuberculosis (TB) is a worldwide public health concern, incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people) in Turkey was reported at 14, 1 in 2018. During pandemic COVID-19 was the main concern in every clinic and as we discuss here overlapping respiratory diseases may result in delaying of the diagnosis and treatment. Methodology: There were 4605 respiratory samples examined between March 23 and May 18 for COVID-19 and 185 samples for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in our laboratory. The Xpert Ultra assay was performed for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis; SARS-CoV-2 RNA was determined by real-time PCR (RT-PCR) analysis in combined nasopharyngeal and deep oropharyngeal swabs of suspected cases of COVID-19. Results: Both of SARS-CoV-2 and M. tuberculosis tests were requested on the clinical and radiological grounds in 30 patients. Here we discussed 2 patients who were both COVID-19 and TB positive. One patient already diagnosed with tuberculosis become COVID-19 positive during hospitalization and another patient suspected and treated for COVID-19 received the final diagnosis of pulmonary TB and Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. Conclusions: We want to emphasize that while considering COVID-19 primarily during these pandemic days, we should not forget one of the great imitators, tuberculosis within differential diagnoses.
dc.identifier.doi10.3855/jidc.13152
dc.identifier.issn1972-2680
dc.identifier.pubmed32794460
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11424/245318
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJ INFECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.relation.ispartofJOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectMycobacterium tuberculosis
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2
dc.subjectPCR
dc.subjectHIV
dc.titleTuberculosis and COVID-19: An overlapping situation during pandemic
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local.journal.numberofpages5
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oaire.citation.issue7
oaire.citation.startPage721
oaire.citation.titleJOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
oaire.citation.volume14
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