Active tuberculosis, sequelae and COVID-19 co-infection: first cohort of 49 cases

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19) pandemic has attracted interest because of its global rapid spread, clinical severity, high mortality rate and capacity to overwhelm healthcare systems [1, 2]. SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs mainly through droplets, although surface contamination contributes and debate continues on aerosol transmission [3–5].

Source: European Respiratory Journal - July 8, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tadolini, M., Codecasa, L. R., Garcia-Garcia, J.-M., Blanc, F.-X., Borisov, S., Alffenaar, J.-W., Andrejak, C., Bachez, P., Bart, P.-A., Belilovski, E., Cardoso-Landivar, J., Centis, R., D'Ambrosio, L., Luiza De Souza-Galvao, M.-, Dominguez-Castellano, A. Tags: Original Articles: Research letters Source Type: research