Niazkar Hamid Reza, Zibaee Behdad, Razavi Seyed Behzad, Ghanaeian Kasra, Talebzadeh Vahid, Vosugh Negin Haji
Breast Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Student Research Committee, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
Egypt J Intern Med. 2022;34(1):46. doi: 10.1186/s43162-022-00134-8. Epub 2022 Jun 2.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected millions of people worldwide, becoming a challenge of every nation. Since the COVID-19 can present wide spectrum of clinical signs and symptoms, patients with symptoms similar to that of COVID-19 may be misdiagnosed during the context of COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard, various co-infections may affect the outcome of COVID-19 patients if it lefts undiagnosed, especially during the administration of immunosuppressive drugs. Similar to COVID-19, TB affect the lungs and respiratory airways primarily. These two diseases have resembling symptoms, including dry cough, fever, and dyspnea. Due to the importance of early COVID-19 diagnosis, many other respiratory infectious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) may be missed. Herein, a case of COVID-19 and tuberculosis co-infection is presented.
新冠疫情影响了全球数百万人，成为每个国家面临的挑战。由于新冠病毒可呈现广泛的临床体征和症状，在新冠疫情背景下，出现与新冠症状相似的患者可能会被误诊。在这方面，如果各种合并感染未被诊断出来，尤其是在使用免疫抑制药物期间，可能会影响新冠患者的治疗结果。与新冠病毒一样，结核病主要影响肺部和呼吸道。这两种疾病有相似的症状，包括干咳、发热和呼吸困难。由于早期诊断新冠病毒的重要性，许多其他呼吸道传染病，如结核病，可能会被漏诊。在此，报告一例新冠病毒与结核病合并感染的病例。
