Case Report: Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and COVID-19 Coinfection in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Stalz Charles Vilbrun, L Mathurin, Jean W. Pape, Daniel W. Fitzgerald, Kathleen F. Walsh
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a unique threat to patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). We describe a case of a patient with pulmonary MDR-TB and COVID-19 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and highlight the challenges and approach to managing a patient with both diseases.
Topics & Concepts
CoinfectionTuberculosisPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Port (circuit theory)Multiple drug resistanceMedicineVirology2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Intensive care medicineDrug resistanceHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)OutbreakInternal medicineBiologyPathologyMicrobiologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseEngineeringElectrical engineeringTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research