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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2023

COVID-19 and tuberculosis coinfection: A case-control study from a tertiary care center in South India.

Druti Hazra, Nayana Siddalingaiah, Nitin Gupta, Kiran Chawla, A Ravindra Prabhu, Divya Datta, Nisha Khader, Shilna Muttickal Swaminathan

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Druti HazraDepartment of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
Nayana SiddalingaiahDepartment of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
Nitin GuptaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
Kiran ChawlaDepartment of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
A Ravindra PrabhuDepartment of Nephrology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
Divya DattaDepartment of Nephrology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
Nisha KhaderDepartment of Nephrology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
Shilna Muttickal SwaminathanDepartment of Nephrology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal · INManipal Academy of Higher Education · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Context: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and tuberculosis (TB), are presently the major infectious diseases imposing a consequential public health threat and their coinfection has a significant impact on the outcome. Aims: To evaluate the clinical features and outcomes of COVID-19-TB coinfected cases compared to solely COVID-19-infected cases. Settings and Design: A retrospective observational study was conducted between August 1, 2020, to February 28, 2022, at a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: In this case-control study, an equal number of gender-age-matched COVID-19 and TB coinfected patients and COVID-19 cases without TB were included using simple random sampling. Statistical Analysis Used: The data was analyzed using SPSS v 26. Categorical variables were compared using the Chi-square test, and an independent Results: A total of 27 patients were included in each group. Upper lobe involvement (44%) and pleural effusion (22%) were significantly more common in TB-COVID-19 cases when compared to the control group (7% and 4%, respectively; Conclusions: Chest radiology and a higher level of certain biomarkers like C-reactive protein and ferritin can help to suspect TB in COVID-19 patients and vice-versa.

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Case-controlclinical featurescoinfectionCOVID-19TB

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