Gerstein Shawn, Khatri Akshay, Roth Nitzan, Wallach Frances
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northshore University Hospital, ID Suite, 400 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, United States.
North Shore University Hospital, Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases and Transplantation, 400 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, United States.
J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2021 Jan 7;22:100213. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2021.100213. eCollection 2021 Feb.
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to cause significant global morbidity and mortality, leading to the need to study the course of the disease in different clinical circumstances and patient populations. While co-infection between COVID-19 and many pathogens has been reported, there has been limited published research regarding co-infection with . We describe a case of co-infection involving COVID-19 and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient with cirrhosis, and review the current literature regarding COVID-19 and tuberculosis co-infection. In spite of several co-morbidities that have been shown to portend a poor prognosis in patients with COVID-19 infection, our patient fully recovered.
2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行继续在全球造成严重的发病和死亡,这使得有必要研究该疾病在不同临床情况和患者群体中的病程。虽然已有报告称COVID-19与多种病原体存在合并感染,但关于与……合并感染的已发表研究有限。我们描述了一例肝硬化患者发生COVID-19与肺外结核合并感染的病例,并回顾了当前关于COVID-19与结核合并感染的文献。尽管有几种合并症已被证明预示着COVID-19感染患者预后不良,但我们的患者完全康复了。