Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and Pulmonary Tuberculosis Coinfection: Implications for Infection Control

Intervirology

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 53-55

  Alfaraj, Sarah H ^a   Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^e,f   Altuwaijri, Talal A ^b   Memish, Ziad A ^c,d  

^a Infectious Diseases Division   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coinfection; MERS CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRACKLE; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; CROSS INFECTION; FEVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COINFECTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; COUGH; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 85021951091     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000477908     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Zaki AM, van Boheemen S, Bestebroer TM, Osterhaus ADME, Fouchier RAM: Isolation of a novel coronavirus from a man with pneumonia in Saudi Arabia. N Engl J Med 2012; 367: 1814-1820.
2. World Health Organization: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV). http://www. who. int/emergencies/ mers-cov/en/.
3. Al-Tawfiq JA, Memish ZA: Managing MERSCoV in the healthcare setting. Hosp Pract 2015; 43: 158-163.
4. Al-Tawfiq JA, Hinedi K, Ghandour J, Khairalla H, Musleh S, Ujayli A, et al: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: A casecontrol study of hospitalized patients. Clin Infect Dis 2014; 59: 160-165.
5. Mohd HA, Memish ZA, Alfaraj SH, McClish D, Altuwaijri T, Alanazi MS, et al: Predictors of MERS-CoV infection: A large case control study of patients presenting with ILI at a MERS-CoV referral hospital in Saudi Arabia. Travel Med Infect Dis 2016; 14: 464-470.
6. Yavarian J, Rezaei F, Shadab A, Soroush M, Gooya MM, Azad TM: Cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections in Iran, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis 2015; 21: 362-364.
7. Assiri A, Al-Tawfiq JA, Al-Rabeeah AA, Al-Rabiah FA, Al-Hajjar S, Al-Barrak A, et al: Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: A descriptive study. Lancet Infect Dis 2013; 13: 752-761.
8. Alfaraj SH, Al-Tawfiq JA, Alzahrani NA, Altwaijri TA, Memish ZA: The impact of co-infection of influenza A virus on the severity of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. J Infect 2017; 74: 521-523.
9. Corman VM, Müller MA, Costabel U, Timm J, Binger T, Meyer B, et al: Assays for laboratory confirmation of novel human coronavirus (hCoV-EMC) infections. Euro Surveill 2012; 17: 49.
10. World Health Organization: WHO guidelines for investigation of cases of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). 2013. http://www. who. int/csr/disease/coronavirus- infections/MERS-CoV-investigation- guideline-Jul13. pdf (accessed January 17, 2017).
11. Drosten C, Seilmaier M, Corman VM, Hartmann W, Scheible G, Sack S, et al: Clinical features and virological analysis of a case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection. Lancet Infect Dis 2013; 13: 745-751.
12. Wong C-Y, Wong K-Y, Law TSG, Shum T-T, Li Y-K, Pang W-K: Tuberculosis in a SARS outbreak. J Chin Med Assoc 2004; 67: 579-582.
13. Liu W, Fontanet A, Zhang P-H, Zhan L, Xin Z-T, Tang F, et al: Pulmonary tuberculosis and SARS, China. Emerg Infect Dis 2006; 12: 707-709.
14. Low JGH, Lee CC, Leo YS, Guek-Hong Low J, Lee C-C, Leo Y-S: Severe acute respiratory syndrome and pulmonary tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 38:e123-e125.
15. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Nosocomial transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis found through screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome-Taipei, Taiwan, 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2004; 53: 321-322.