A profile of a retrospective cohort of 22 patients with COVID-19 and active/treated tuberculosis

Ish, Pranav; Gupta, Amitesh; Malhotra, Nipun; Caminero, José A.; Singla, Rupak; Kumar, Rohit; Yadav, Siddharth; Dev, Nishanth; Agrawal, Sumita; Kohli, Santvana; Sen, M. K.; Chakrabarti, Shibdas; Gupta, Nitesh

doi:10.1183/13993003.03408-2020

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“…Longer indoor stay, failure to follow-up due to lock-down, discouraged-hospital visit, all these factors not only poses health hazard to the existing TB patient but also increases the chances of transmission within house-hold contacts or care-givers. Crowded live-in conditions, poor hygiene, are contributing factor for both COVID and TB infection, thus it is pertinent to identify and isolate TB patients at an earliest to reduce the severe outcome due to suppressed immunity [ 9 , 10 ].…”

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TB positive cases go up in ongoing COVID-19 pandemic despite lower testing of TB: An observational study from a hospital from Northern India

Srivastava

Jaggi

2022

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

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TB positive cases go up in ongoing COVID-19 pandemic despite lower testing of TB: An observational study from a hospital from Northern India

Srivastava

Jaggi

2022

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

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“…There is growing evidence to suggest that previous or current TB infection or disease are associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes, 57 – 60 including an approximately two- to three-fold increase in mortality (which occurred more quickly) and a 25% relative decrease in the possibility of recovery (which occurred more slowly) for COVID-19 coinfection with current TB disease. 61 – 64 However, while there is little evidence as yet that previous SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 disease affect either progression to TB disease or TB treatment outcomes, 65 the possibility of post-COVID-19 lung damage and subsequent vulnerability to TB is a major concern.…”

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The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data

McQuaid¹,

Vassall

Cohen

et al. 2021

int j tuberc lung dis

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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, models predicted hundreds of thousands of additional TB deaths as a result of health service disruption. To date, empirical evidence on the effects of COVID-19 on TB outcomes has been limited. Here we summarise the evidence available at a country level, identifying broad mechanisms by which COVID-19 may modify TB burden and mitigation efforts. From the data, it is clear that there have been substantial disruptions to TB health services and an increase in vulnerability to TB. Evidence for changes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission is limited, and it remains unclear how the resources required and available for the TB response have changed. To advocate for additional funding to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the global TB burden, and to efficiently allocate resources for the TB response, requires a significant improvement in the TB data available.

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“…Much had been written in both social media and the scientific literature 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 before the first cohorts of patients with TB and COVID-19 had been finally evaluated and described. 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 We are still on the learning curve for COVID-19, while we know more about TB, which has affected mankind for a long time. 25 A year into the beginning of the pandemic, COVID-19 has been responsible for roughly the same number of deaths caused by TB annually (approximately 1.8 million for the first vs 1.5 million for the latter in 2019) although COVID-19 as of January 10 2020, had 8 times more cases than TB (approximately 86 million vs 10 million new TB cases in 2019).…”

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Different disease, same challenges: Social determinants of tuberculosis and COVID-19

Duarte¹,

Aguiar²,

Pinto³

et al. 2021

Pulmonology

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Infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB) and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) relate to environmental factors, understanding of which is essential to inform policy and practice and tackle them effectively. The review follows the conceptual framework offered by the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health (defined as “all those material, psychological and behavioural circumstances linked to health and generically indicated as risk factors’ in the conventional epidemiological language”). It describes the social factors behind TB and COVID-19, the commonalities between the two diseases, and what can be learned so far from the published best practices. The social determinants sustaining TB and COVID-19 underline the importance of prioritising health and allocating adequate financial and human resources to achieve universal health coverage and health-related social protection while addressing the needs of vulnerable populations. Rapid and effective measures against poverty and other major social determinants and sources of inequality are urgently needed to develop better health in the post-COVID-19 world.

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A profile of a retrospective cohort of 22 patients with COVID-19 and active/treated tuberculosis

Cited by 72 publications

References 6 publications

TB positive cases go up in ongoing COVID-19 pandemic despite lower testing of TB: An observational study from a hospital from Northern India

TB positive cases go up in ongoing COVID-19 pandemic despite lower testing of TB: An observational study from a hospital from Northern India

The impact of COVID-19 on TB: a review of the data

Different disease, same challenges: Social determinants of tuberculosis and COVID-19

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