Coinfección tuberculosis y COVID-19 / Tuberculosis and COVID-19 coinfection
Medicina (B.Aires)
;
80(supl.6): 100-103, dic. 2020. graf
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-1250326
RESUMEN
Resumen La tuberculosis es una enfermedad infecciosa crónica endémica en la República Argentina causada por Mycobacterium tuberculosis, cuya localización más frecuente es la pulmonar. Suele afectar grupos poblacionales carenciados y tiene gran repercusión sobre la salud pública. COVID-19 es una infección viral aguda caus 101-ada por SARS-CoV-2 que tiene típico compromiso respiratorio y, en ocasiones, puede presentar similitudes clínicas y radiológicas con la tuberculosis pulmonar. Ambas entidades pueden tener desenlace fatal si no son diagnosticadas y tratadas a tiempo. Presentamos una serie de casos en los que se diagnosticó tuberculosis pulmonar y COVID-19 en forma simultánea.
ABSTRACT
Abstract Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease endemic in Argentina most often localized in the lungs, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually afflicts poor population groups and has a significant impact on public health. COVID-19 is an acute viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 presenting with a typical respiratory localization, which eventually displays clinical and radiological similarities with pulmonary tuberculosis. Both entities can have a fatal outcome if they are not diagnosed and treated on time. We present a case series where pulmonary tuberculosis and COVID-19 were diagnosed simultaneously.
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Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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Coinfection
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COVID-19
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Argentina
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medicina (B.Aires)
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital General de Agudos Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield/AR
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