On tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection. Issue 2 (20th August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tadolini, Marina; García-García, José-María; Blanc, François-Xavier; Borisov, Sergey; Goletti, Delia; Motta, Ilaria; Codecasa, Luigi Ruffo; Tiberi, Simon; Sotgiu, Giovanni; Migliori, Giovanni Battista
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 56:Issue 2(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-08-20
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02328-2020
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

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