TB Research

Case Report: Coronavirus Disease and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Report of Two Cases

Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias, Ana Lívia Gomes Moreira, Eduardo Austregésilo Corrêa, Cícero Allan Landim de Oliveira Lima, Isadora Maria Praciano Lopes, Pablo Eliack Linhares de Holanda, Fernanda Remígio Nunes, Roberto da Justa Pires Neto

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020-08

Abstract

(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

  • Coinfection
  • myalgia
  • Medicine
  • Tuberculosis
  • Sputum
  • Coronavirus
  • Respiratory distress
  • Disease
  • Pandemic
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Immunology
  • Internal medicine
  • Pediatrics
  • Virology