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Comment
. 2020 Aug 20;56(2):2002105.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.02105-2020. Print 2020 Aug.

The (in)significance of TB and COVID-19 co-infection

Alkesh Kumar Khurana  1 , Deepak Aggarwal  2
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Comment

The (in)significance of TB and COVID-19 co-infection

Alkesh Kumar Khurana et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

In the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, we should not forget to suspect and manage TB appropriately, as it is still one of the leading infectious causes of death worldwide https://bit.ly/30FZs9C

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: A.K. Khurana has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: D. Aggarwal has nothing to disclose.

Comment in

  • On tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection.
    Tadolini M, García-García JM, Blanc FX, Borisov S, Goletti D, Motta I, Codecasa LR, Tiberi S, Sotgiu G, Migliori GB; GTN TB/COVID group. Tadolini M, et al. Eur Respir J. 2020 Aug 20;56(2):2002328. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02328-2020. Print 2020 Aug. Eur Respir J. 2020. PMID: 32586888 Free PMC article.

Comment on

  • Active tuberculosis, sequelae and COVID-19 co-infection: first cohort of 49 cases.
    Tadolini M, Codecasa LR, García-García JM, Blanc FX, Borisov S, Alffenaar JW, Andréjak C, Bachez P, Bart PA, Belilovski E, Cardoso-Landivar J, Centis R, D'Ambrosio L, Luiza De Souza-Galvão M, Dominguez-Castellano A, Dourmane S, Fréchet Jachym M, Froissart A, Giacomet V, Goletti D, Grard S, Gualano G, Izadifar A, Le Du D, Marín Royo M, Mazza-Stalder J, Motta I, Ong CWM, Palmieri F, Rivière F, Rodrigo T, Silva DR, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Saporiti M, Scarpellini P, Schlemmer F, Spanevello A, Sumarokova E, Tabernero E, Tambyah PA, Tiberi S, Torre A, Visca D, Zabaleta Murguiondo M, Sotgiu G, Migliori GB. Tadolini M, et al. Eur Respir J. 2020 Jul 9;56(1):2001398. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01398-2020. Print 2020 Jul. Eur Respir J. 2020. PMID: 32457198 Free PMC article.

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