Severe acute respiratory syndrome and pulmonary tuberculosis.
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.
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. jenny_low@fastmail.fm
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Jenny Guek-Hong
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Cheng-Chuan
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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