Increased Association of Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Tuberculosis during COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from an Italian Infectious Disease Referral Hospital

• Main Authors: Virginia Di Bari (Author), Gina Gualano (Author), Maria Musso (Author), Raffaella Libertone (Author), Carla Nisii (Author), Stefania Ianniello (Author), Silvia Mosti (Author), Annelisa Mastrobattista (Author), Carlotta Cerva (Author), Nazario Bevilacqua (Author), Fabio Iacomi (Author), Annalisa Mondi (Author), Simone Topino (Author), Delia Goletti (Author), Enrico Girardi (Author), Fabrizio Palmieri (Author), on behalf of the TB-INMI Working Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) has been associated with tuberculosis (TB), but the true incidence is unknown. The aim of our study was to retrospectively evaluate the PTE prevalence in TB patients hospitalized at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani during the January 2016-...