Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April–May 2020
Sai Meng Tham, Wei Yang Lim, Chun Kiat Lee, Jerold Loh, Arthi Premkumar, Benedict Yan, Adrian Kee, Louis Yi Ann Chai, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Gabriel Yan
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.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)TuberculosisPandemicVirologySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCoronavirusDiseasePathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research