Latent Tuberculosis Infection and COVID-19: Analysis of a Cohort of Patients from Careggi University Hospital (Florence, Italy)

• Main Authors: Francesca Mariotti (Author), Francesco Sponchiado (Author), Filippo Lagi (Author), Chiara Moroni (Author), Riccardo Paggi (Author), Seble Tekle Kiros (Author), Vittorio Miele (Author), Alessandro Bartoloni (Author), Jessica Mencarini (Author), The COCORA Working Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Data regarding the relationship between coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and active or latent tuberculosis (TB) are discordant. We conducted a retrospective study examining the impact of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) on the clinical progression of COVID-19 patients. We selected 213 patients adm...