title: Severe acute respiratory syndrome and pulmonary tuberculosis.
abstract: In Singapore, of 236 patients with probable severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 2 were coinfected with tuberculosis, a phenomenon not previously reported. The patients' tuberculosis episodes only came to light after full recovery from SARS, when they presented with persistent respiratory symptoms and/or worsening chest radiography findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. jenny_low@fastmail.fm
authors.forename: J G H
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Leo
authors.forename: Jenny Guek-Hong
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Cheng-Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yee-Sin
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Leo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012846:Singapore; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis