The impact of COVID-19 on TB in Iran: An illustrative study

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions in TB services across the globe. Like many other countries, TB case notifications decreased during the pandemic in Iran. In this paper, we describe two cases of concomitant COVID-19 and TB infection whose diagnosis of pulmonary TB was delayed...

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Autores principales: Tabarsi, Payam, Mohammad Nourizadeh, Amir, Pourabdollah Tootkaboni, Mihan, Askari, Elham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9974522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36919148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2023.100357
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions in TB services across the globe. Like many other countries, TB case notifications decreased during the pandemic in Iran. In this paper, we describe two cases of concomitant COVID-19 and TB infection whose diagnosis of pulmonary TB was delayed amid the pandemic. We depict how atypical imaging findings may guide physicians to pulmonary TB diagnosis and discuss strategies to maximize TB case detection.
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spelling pubmed-99745222023-03-01 The impact of COVID-19 on TB in Iran: An illustrative study Tabarsi, Payam Mohammad Nourizadeh, Amir Pourabdollah Tootkaboni, Mihan Askari, Elham J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis Case Report The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions in TB services across the globe. Like many other countries, TB case notifications decreased during the pandemic in Iran. In this paper, we describe two cases of concomitant COVID-19 and TB infection whose diagnosis of pulmonary TB was delayed amid the pandemic. We depict how atypical imaging findings may guide physicians to pulmonary TB diagnosis and discuss strategies to maximize TB case detection. Elsevier 2023-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9974522/ /pubmed/36919148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2023.100357 Text en © 2023 Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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