Tuberculosis Diagnostic Delays and Treatment Outcomes among Patients with COVID-19, California, USA, 2020

Tuberculosis Diagnostic Delays and Treatment Outcomes among Patients with COVID-19, California, USA, 2020

We assessed tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic delays among patients with TB and COVID-19 in California, USA. Among 58 persons, 43% experienced TB diagnostic delays, and a high proportion (83%) required hospitalization for TB. Even when viral respiratory pathogens circulate widely, timely TB diagnostic w...

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Main Authors: Emily Han, Scott A. Nabity, Shom Dasgupta-Tsinikas, Ramon E. Guevara, Marisa Moore, Ankita Kadakia, Hannah Henry, Martin Cilnis, Sonal Buhain, Amit Chitnis, Melony Chakrabarty, Ann Ky, Quy Nguyen, Julie Low, Seema Jain, Julie Higashi, Pennan M. Barry, Jennifer Flood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2024-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
TB
bacteria
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/1/23-0924_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/1/23-0924_article

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