COVID-19 and Tuberculosis Coinfection: A Report of Two Cases

COVID-19 and its sequelae are primarily known to affect the respiratory system. However, it can have varied manifestations affecting other systems as well. COVID-19 can lead to reactivation of tuberculosis which can have unusual extrapulmonary presentations as well. Coinfection of COVID-19 and tuberculosis is a risk factor for poor outcome. Here, we describe a series of two cases of COVID-19 with tuberculosis. In the first case, a patient who had apparently recovered from COVID-19 presented only a week later with polyserositis, and ultimately was diagnosed to be a case of disseminated tuberculosis. In the second case, the patient presented with COVID-19 and TB together. Clinicians must be aware and vigilant for this coinfection and complication in COVID-19 recovered patients even if they were of mild/ asymptomatic category.