Hyderabad: In rare cases, covid-19 patients asymptomatic developed tuberculosis disseminated (TB) with nine parts of the body infected with TB lesions.
This includes reproductive organs.
The Covid-19 distributed TB case was reported at the city hospital may be the first incident like a pandemic in these parts.
TB usually infects the lungs.
If infecting several organs simultaneously, this is called Disemine or DTB TBS.
In general, DTB cases are triggered by viruses such as cytomegalovirus, hepatitis C and human herpes, which cause temporary immunosuppression.
But, no DTB case caused by Covid-19 has so far been documented.
Although, the Covid-19 virus infects several parts of the body has been reported this is the first case where it has facilitated TB bacteria to spread to several organs.
Patients of young women from Andhra Pradesh were hospitalized by a company in Hyderabad with complaints of pain in the neck and right.
He and his family members have no symptoms of Covid-19.
Antibody test revealed that he had a coronavirus novel on his body but without symptoms.
He is non-diabetes and admune-competent.
He underwent two main spine operations and recovered even though nine of his party was infected with TB.
Dr.
Ranganadham, Senior Neurosurgeon, Sunshine Hospital, Gachibowli, told Ti that the case was unique because the patient was very immunococcuren (good immunity).
Pet scanning reveals several TB lesions including three points in the spinal cord.
In addition to the spinal cord, lungs, fallopian tubes, uterine cavities, brains and bones are also infected.
“Clear causes of disseminated TB cannot be explained, but we hypothesize the role of temporary immunosuppression which leads to the spread of infection by changing immunity to TB bacteria in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.” There is a significant titler from Covid-19 antibodies in patients in with absence love covid-19 (symptomatic) in him, “said The next deployment.
It can also be for iatrogenic reasons (side effects of the drug).
TB bacteria may spread to many organs through the lymph nodes or pulmonary veins.