Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April-May 2020

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Nov;26(11):2764-2766. doi: 10.3201/eid2611.202752. Epub 2020 Jul 15.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and tuberculosis (TB) developed in 4 foreign workers living in dormitories in Singapore during April-May 2020. Clinical manifestations and atypical radiographic features of COVID-19 led to the diagnosis of TB through positive interferon-gamma release assay and culture results. During the COVID-19 pandemic, TB should not be overlooked.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Singapore; co-infection; coronavirus disease; radiography; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; socioeconomic; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coinfection / microbiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / microbiology*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Singapore
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*
  • Young Adult