Oncology division, Departement of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Persahabatan National Respiratory Referral Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Asthma and COPD Division, Departement of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Persahabatan National Respiratory Referral Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2022 Mar 31;16(3):478-483. doi: 10.3855/jidc.15481.
COVID-19 cases are still rising globally in the middle of the tuberculosis epidemic. Several countries have reported TB-COVID-19 coinfection that could pose a double burden in the health care facilities in developing countries. We reported two pulmonary tuberculosis patients coinfected with COVID-19 with an overlapping clinical manifestation of tuberculosis and COVID-19 with a good prognosis at the end of COVID-19 treatment. This paper aims to discuss TB patients' susceptibility against SARS-COV-2 infection, the clinical profile of TB-COVID-19 coinfection, and the disease's prognosis. The clinician should be aware of both common disease symptoms that appear in a patient and should be confirmed and treat promptly.
在结核病流行期间,全球的 COVID-19 病例仍在上升。一些国家报告了结核病-COVID-19 合并感染,这可能会给发展中国家的医疗保健机构带来双重负担。我们报告了两例患有 COVID-19 的肺结核患者,他们的临床表现既有结核病又有 COVID-19,在 COVID-19 治疗结束时预后良好。本文旨在讨论结核病患者对 SARS-COV-2 感染的易感性、结核病-COVID-19 合并感染的临床特征以及疾病的预后。临床医生应该注意出现在患者身上的常见疾病症状,并应及时确诊和治疗。