Coinfection of Tuberculosis Pneumonia and COVID-19 in a Patient Vaccinated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG): Case Report

COVID-19 is a respiratory tract infection caused by the new coronavirus SARS-COV2 that can be complicated by acute distress respiratory syndrome and multiorgan failure. In light of the high rate of mortality associated with COVID-19, pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies to prevent the...

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Autores principales: Luciani, Michelangelo, Bentivegna, Enrico, Spuntarelli, Valerio, Amoriello Lamberti, Piera, Guerritore, Ludovica, Chiappino, Dario, Nalli, Gabriele, Proietta, Maria, Del Porto, Flavia, Martelletti, Paolo, Sesti, Giorgio
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Covid-19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7568690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33103062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00601-9
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author Luciani, Michelangelo
Bentivegna, Enrico
Spuntarelli, Valerio
Amoriello Lamberti, Piera
Guerritore, Ludovica
Chiappino, Dario
Nalli, Gabriele
Proietta, Maria
Del Porto, Flavia
Martelletti, Paolo
Sesti, Giorgio
author_facet Luciani, Michelangelo
Bentivegna, Enrico
Spuntarelli, Valerio
Amoriello Lamberti, Piera
Guerritore, Ludovica
Chiappino, Dario
Nalli, Gabriele
Proietta, Maria
Del Porto, Flavia
Martelletti, Paolo
Sesti, Giorgio
author_sort Luciani, Michelangelo
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description COVID-19 is a respiratory tract infection caused by the new coronavirus SARS-COV2 that can be complicated by acute distress respiratory syndrome and multiorgan failure. In light of the high rate of mortality associated with COVID-19, pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies to prevent the infection are currently being tested. Among non-pharmacological preventive measures, vaccines represent one of the main resources for public health. It has been suggested that Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine may protect individuals against infection from COVID-19 virus, and two clinical trials addressing this question are underway. Here, we report the case of a 32-year-old woman, vaccinated with BCG when she was 1 year old, who was diagnosed with apical tuberculous pneumonia of the right lung along with COVID 19 pneumonia.
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spelling pubmed-75686902020-10-19 Coinfection of Tuberculosis Pneumonia and COVID-19 in a Patient Vaccinated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG): Case Report Luciani, Michelangelo Bentivegna, Enrico Spuntarelli, Valerio Amoriello Lamberti, Piera Guerritore, Ludovica Chiappino, Dario Nalli, Gabriele Proietta, Maria Del Porto, Flavia Martelletti, Paolo Sesti, Giorgio SN Compr Clin Med Covid-19 COVID-19 is a respiratory tract infection caused by the new coronavirus SARS-COV2 that can be complicated by acute distress respiratory syndrome and multiorgan failure. In light of the high rate of mortality associated with COVID-19, pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies to prevent the infection are currently being tested. Among non-pharmacological preventive measures, vaccines represent one of the main resources for public health. It has been suggested that Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine may protect individuals against infection from COVID-19 virus, and two clinical trials addressing this question are underway. Here, we report the case of a 32-year-old woman, vaccinated with BCG when she was 1 year old, who was diagnosed with apical tuberculous pneumonia of the right lung along with COVID 19 pneumonia. Springer International Publishing 2020-10-17 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7568690/ /pubmed/33103062 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00601-9 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
spellingShingle Covid-19
Luciani, Michelangelo
Bentivegna, Enrico
Spuntarelli, Valerio
Amoriello Lamberti, Piera
Guerritore, Ludovica
Chiappino, Dario
Nalli, Gabriele
Proietta, Maria
Del Porto, Flavia
Martelletti, Paolo
Sesti, Giorgio
Coinfection of Tuberculosis Pneumonia and COVID-19 in a Patient Vaccinated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG): Case Report
title Coinfection of Tuberculosis Pneumonia and COVID-19 in a Patient Vaccinated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG): Case Report
title_full Coinfection of Tuberculosis Pneumonia and COVID-19 in a Patient Vaccinated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG): Case Report
title_fullStr Coinfection of Tuberculosis Pneumonia and COVID-19 in a Patient Vaccinated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG): Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Coinfection of Tuberculosis Pneumonia and COVID-19 in a Patient Vaccinated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG): Case Report
title_short Coinfection of Tuberculosis Pneumonia and COVID-19 in a Patient Vaccinated with Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG): Case Report
title_sort coinfection of tuberculosis pneumonia and covid-19 in a patient vaccinated with bacille calmette-guérin (bcg): case report
topic Covid-19
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7568690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33103062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00601-9
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