Open AccessThe Tuberculosis and COVID-19 coinfection: A report of two cases at a tertiary referral in Indonesia
Author(s) -
Jamal Zaini,
Muhamad Rizqy Fadhillah,
Tina Reisa,
Fathiyah Isbaniyah,
Raden Rara Diah Handayani
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.15481
Subject(s) - coinfection , tuberculosis , medicine , covid-19 , disease , referral , mycobacterium tuberculosis , intensive care medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , family medicine , pathology
COVID-19 cases are still rising globally in the middle of the tuberculosis epidemic. Several countries have reported TB-COVID-19 coinfection that could pose a double burden in the health care facilities in developing countries. We reported two pulmonary tuberculosis patients coinfected with COVID-19 with an overlapping clinical manifestation of tuberculosis and COVID-19 with a good prognosis at the end of COVID-19 treatment. This paper aims to discuss TB patients' susceptibility against SARS-COV-2 infection, the clinical profile of TB-COVID-19 coinfection, and the disease's prognosis. The clinician should be aware of both common disease symptoms that appear in a patient and should be confirmed and treat promptly.