New disease and old threats: A case series of COVID-19 and tuberculosis coinfection in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Shabrawishi; Abdullmoin AlQarni; Maher Ghazawi; Baraa Melibari; Tebra Baljoon; Hassan Alwafi; Mohammed Samannodi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4233

New disease and old threats: A case series of COVID-19 and tuberculosis coinfection in Saudi Arabia

Clin Case Rep. 2021 May 24;9(5):e04233. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4233. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Mohammed Shabrawishi¹, Abdullmoin AlQarni¹, Maher Ghazawi², Baraa Melibari¹, Tebra Baljoon¹, Hassan Alwafi³, Mohammed Samannodi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine Al Noor Specialist Hospital Makkah Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Radiology Al Noor Specialist Hospital Makkah Saudi Arabia.
³ Faculty of Medicine Umm Al-Qura University Makkah Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Medicine College of Medicine Umm Al-Qura University Makkah Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

COVID-19 and TB coinfection are not common and may occur more in TB endemic countries. However, patients with pre-COVID-19 chronic respiratory symptoms should be screened for TB as well.

Keywords: COVID‐19; Co‐infection; Prognosis; Tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports