Case Report: Coronavirus Disease and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Report of Two Cases
Gadelha Farias LAB, Gomes Moreira AL, Austregésilo Corrêa E, Landim de Oliveira Lima CA, Lopes IMP, de Holanda PEL, Nunes FR, Pires Neto RDJ
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020-10
Abstract
Coinfection of SARS-CoV-2/ Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in patients with HIV/AIDS has not been previously reported. Here, we present two cases of coinfection of SARS-CoV-2 and MTB in patients with HIV. The first case is a 39-year-old patient who was admitted with a 7-day history of fever, myalgia, headache, and cough. The second patient is a 43-year-old man who had a 1-month history of cough with hemoptoic sputum, evolving to mild respiratory distress in the last 7 days. Both patients already had pulmonary tuberculosis and subsequently developed SARS-CoV-2 infection during the 2020 pandemic. Nonadherence to antiretroviral treatment may have been a factor in the clinical worsening of the patients.
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- HIV
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Coronavirus Infections
- HIV Infections
- Cough
- Anti-HIV Agents
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Patient Compliance
- Adult
- Male
- Pandemics
- Coinfection
- Betacoronavirus
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- COVID-19
- SARS-CoV-2