Vanzetti Cecilia P, Salvo Carolina P, Kuschner Pablo, Brusca Silvia, Solveyra Florencia, Vilela Andrés
Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital General de Agudos Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital General de Agudos Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail:
Medicina (B Aires). 2020;80 Suppl 6:100-103.
Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease endemic in Argentina most often localized in the lungs, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually afflicts poor population groups and has a significant impact on public health. COVID-19 is an acute viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 presenting with a typical respiratory localization, which eventually displays clinical and radiological similarities with pulmonary tuberculosis. Both entities can have a fatal outcome if they are not diagnosed and treated on time. We present a case series where pulmonary tuberculosis and COVID-19 were diagnosed simultaneously.
结核病是一种在阿根廷流行的慢性传染病,最常局限于肺部,由结核分枝杆菌引起。它通常折磨贫困人口群体,并对公共卫生有重大影响。新冠肺炎是一种由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)引起的急性病毒性疾病,具有典型的呼吸道定位表现,最终在临床和影像学上与肺结核有相似之处。如果这两种疾病不及时诊断和治疗,都可能导致致命后果。我们报告了一组同时诊断出肺结核和新冠肺炎的病例。