On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization announced the Corona Virus Disease-
2019 (COVID-19) as a global pandemic, which originated in China. At the host level, COVID …

We read with interest the two articles by Tadolini et al.[1] and Stochino et al.[2], which
described recent cohorts of either current or former tuberculosis (TB) patients with …

Introduction The COVID-19 outbreak poses a significant threat to the patients with
tuberculosis (TB). TB and COVID-19 (TB–COVID) coinfection means the disease caused by …

Together, SARS-CoV-2 and M. tuberculosis have killed approximately 5.7 million people
worldwide over the past 2 years. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the non-pharmaceutical …

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Introduction: Novel coronavirus (Covid-19) and tuberculosis (TB) are the newest and oldest
global threats, respectively. In the Covid-19 era, due to the health system's focus on the …

After the first description in China, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) spread all over the world, reaching also the poorest countries of sub …

Introduction Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a life-threatening condition
needing long poly-chemotherapy regimens. As no systematic reviews/meta-analysis is …

Secondary bacterial infections are commonly associated with prior or concomitant
respiratory viral infections. Viral infections damage respiratory airways and simultaneously …

Background. Coinfections have a potential role in increased morbidity and mortality rates
during pandemics. Our investigation is aimed at evaluating the viral coinfection prevalence …