Black Sea Journal of Health Science

Yazarlar: Sevil ALKAN, Emine Kübra DİNDAR DEMİRAY, Mehmet DURGUN, Özgür PAŞA, Sinem SEFER

Konular:Genel ve Dahili Tıp

DOI:10.19127/bshealthscience.944827

Anahtar Kelimeler:COVID 19,Pleural tuberculosis,Tuberculosis,Empyema

Özet: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it was observed that the clinics of existing and undiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients were more severe, especially in low and middle-income countries where TB is endemic and there is a lack of healthcare. There is limited literature on whether the coexistence of TB and COVID 19 or the lung damage/immune state caused by COVID-19, or whether immunosuppressive therapies used during the treatment of COVID-19 whether it creates a predisposition to TB. In this case report, we aimed to present a 66-year-old female patient diagnosed as pleural tuberculosis after COVID-19 pneumonia and to examine the possible relationship between COVID-19 and TB.

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