On tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection
Marina Tadolini, José-María García-García, F.–X. Blanc, Borisov Se, Delia Goletti, Ilaria Motta, Luigi Ruffo Codecasa, Simon Tiberi, Giovanni Sotgiu, Giovanni Battista Migliori
Abstract
In their correspondence, the authors raised two important issues, namely the possible association between tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (can infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) re-activate TB?), and the effects of TB on early mortality in co-infected patients. COVID-19 may boost tuberculosis given infection and mortality, further studies are needed <https://bit.ly/2Z2r5XO> The article is part of the scientific activities of the Global Tuberculosis Network (GTN); GREPI (Groupe de Recherche et d'Enseignement en Pneumo-Infectiologie), a working group from SPLF (Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française); SEPAR (Sociedad Española de Neumología and Cirugía Torácica); Moscow Society of Phtisiology and of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tradate, ITA-80, 2017-2020- GBM/RC/LDA).