Zyablitskaya Mariya, Suarez Maria J, Gupta Aanchal, Samaroo-Campbell Jevon, Nakeshbandi Mohamed, Chapnick Edward K, Ghitan Monica
Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Maimonides Medical Center.
Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Downstate Medical Center, New York, NY.
Infect Dis Clin Pract (Baltim Md). 2021 Nov;29(6):e462-e464. doi: 10.1097/IPC.0000000000001042. Epub 2021 May 25.
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged clinicians to recognize COVID-19 as one of the diagnostic explanation for common presentations, including fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Latent tuberculosis is responsible for 80% of active tuberculosis cases in the United States, and presentation can vary from asymptomatic to disseminated disease. This potential diagnosis should be thoroughly investigated in foreign-born patients in US hospitals, regardless of travel history and presenting symptoms. We report a patient diagnosed with postpartum disseminated tuberculosis with hematogenous spread to the fetus.
新冠疫情促使临床医生将新冠病毒病视为常见症状(包括发热、咳嗽和呼吸急促)的诊断原因之一。在美国,潜伏性结核是80%活动性结核病例的病因,其表现可从无症状到播散性疾病不等。在美国医院的外国出生患者中,无论其旅行史和当前症状如何,都应彻底调查这一潜在诊断。我们报告了一例诊断为产后播散性结核且血行播散至胎儿的患者。