COVID-19 in a patient with active tuberculosis: A rare case-report
Fahad Faqihi, Abdulrahman Alharthy, Alfateh Noor, Ahmed N. Balshi, Abdullah Balhamar, Dimitrios Karakitsos
Abstract
Scarce data exist about the clinical features of COVID-19 in patients with concomitant active and/or latent tuberculosis (TB). This rare case-report outlines the diagnosis, management and outcome of a sixty year old hypertensive and diabetic patient with serious COVID-19 pneumonia and underlying active TB. The patient was treated successfully in a COVID-19 designated intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)ConcomitantTuberculosisIntensive care unitPneumoniaActive tuberculosisSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakIntensive care medicinePediatricsSurgeryVirologyInternal medicineOutbreakMycobacterium tuberculosisPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesLong-Term Effects of COVID-19Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology