COVID-19 and Pulmonary Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Co-infection-Report of Two Cases

The Corona virus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak classified as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, is caused by a novel corona virus called “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2” (SARS-CoV-2). The virus affects mainly the human respiratory system. Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB) is another respiratory infection known to affect human for centuries and may share common clinical presentation and risk factors with COVID-19 infection. Clinicians must have a high index of suspicion that the two infections might co-exist so there is no delay in the diagnosis and starting the appropriate treatment. There are few case reports about TB and COVID-19 coinfection, the first case report ever was from china, and few others around the world. Here we report two cases of co-existing COVID-19 and newly diagnosed pulmonary TB infections in Oman.