Three Patients with COVID-19 and Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Wuhan, China, January–February 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Yao, Zhi ; Chen, Junbo ; Wang, Qianli ; Liu, Weiyong ; Zhang, Qi ; Nan, Jing ; Huang, Hai ; Wu, Yuying ; Li, Lan ; Liang, Lu ; You, Lei ; Liu, Yingle ; Yu, Hongjie
• Description:
  During January-February 2020, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and tuberculosis were diagnosed for 3 patients in Wuhan, China. All 3 patients had COVID-19 pneumonia. One severely ill patient died after acute respiratory distress syndrome developed. Clinicians and public health officials should be aware of underlying chronic infections such as tuberculosis in COVID-19 patients.
• Subjects:
  Adult Betacoronavirus Coinfection Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Fatal Outcome Humans Male Middle Aged Mycobacterium Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Sars-Cov-2 Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(11):2754-2757
• Pubmed ID:
  32667282
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7588523
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5e7dc7512e0330316be28502304a271dd50ab7878919c6f123bf07f3c19a34bf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/96908/cdc_96908_DS1.pdf
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