Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Co-infection

Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul). 2014 Feb;76(2):84-7. doi: 10.4046/trd.2014.76.2.84. Epub 2014 Feb 27.

Abstract

We hereby observe four co-infection cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis with various clinical presentations. It may be prudent to consider M. tuberculosis co-infections when patients with pandemic influenza reveal unusual clinical features that do not improve despite appropriate treatments against the influenza, especially in Korea, in the endemic areas of M. tuberculosis.

Keywords: Coinfection; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; Mycobacterium tuberculosis.