COVID-19 and TB co-infection - 'Finishing touch'' in perfect recipe to 'severity' or 'death'

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¹ Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 3rd floor, Teaching block, AIIMS, New Delhi 110029, India.
² Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 3rd floor, Teaching block, AIIMS, New Delhi 110029, India. Electronic address: vpmahar05@gmail.com.

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Dr Rohit Kumar et al. J Infect. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;81(3):e39-e40.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.062. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

¹ Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 3rd floor, Teaching block, AIIMS, New Delhi 110029, India.
² Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 3rd floor, Teaching block, AIIMS, New Delhi 110029, India. Electronic address: vpmahar05@gmail.com.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Coinfection; Drug interaction; Tuberculosis.

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