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

Autor: Payam Tabarsi, Amir Mohammad Nourizadeh, Mihan Pourabdollah Tootkaboni, Elham Askari
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Vol 31, Iss , Pp 100357- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-5794
DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2023.100357
Popis: 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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