Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April–May 2020

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and tuberculosis (TB) developed in 4 foreign workers living in dormitories in Singapore during April–May 2020. Clinical manifestations and atypical radiographic features of COVID-19 led to the diagnosis of TB through positive interferon-gamma release assay and culture...

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Autores principales: Tham, Sai Meng, Lim, Wei Yang, Lee, Chun Kiat, Loh, Jerold, Premkumar, Arthi, Yan, Benedict, Kee, Adrian, Chai, Louis, Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah, Yan, Gabriel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32667283
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.202752
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author Tham, Sai Meng
Lim, Wei Yang
Lee, Chun Kiat
Loh, Jerold
Premkumar, Arthi
Yan, Benedict
Kee, Adrian
Chai, Louis
Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah
Yan, Gabriel
author_facet Tham, Sai Meng
Lim, Wei Yang
Lee, Chun Kiat
Loh, Jerold
Premkumar, Arthi
Yan, Benedict
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Chai, Louis
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description Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and tuberculosis (TB) developed in 4 foreign workers living in dormitories in Singapore during April–May 2020. Clinical manifestations and atypical radiographic features of COVID-19 led to the diagnosis of TB through positive interferon-gamma release assay and culture results. During the COVID-19 pandemic, TB should not be overlooked.
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spelling pubmed-75885162020-11-01 Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April–May 2020 Tham, Sai Meng Lim, Wei Yang Lee, Chun Kiat Loh, Jerold Premkumar, Arthi Yan, Benedict Kee, Adrian Chai, Louis Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah Yan, Gabriel Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and tuberculosis (TB) developed in 4 foreign workers living in dormitories in Singapore during April–May 2020. Clinical manifestations and atypical radiographic features of COVID-19 led to the diagnosis of TB through positive interferon-gamma release assay and culture results. During the COVID-19 pandemic, TB should not be overlooked. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7588516/ /pubmed/32667283 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.202752 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Tham, Sai Meng
Lim, Wei Yang
Lee, Chun Kiat
Loh, Jerold
Premkumar, Arthi
Yan, Benedict
Kee, Adrian
Chai, Louis
Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah
Yan, Gabriel
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title Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April–May 2020
title_full Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April–May 2020
title_fullStr Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April–May 2020
title_full_unstemmed Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April–May 2020
title_short Four Patients with COVID-19 and Tuberculosis, Singapore, April–May 2020
title_sort four patients with covid-19 and tuberculosis, singapore, april–may 2020
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32667283
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.202752
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