Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis management in Spain

María Luisa Aznar; Juan Espinosa‐Pereiro; Núria Saborit; Neus Jové; Francesca Sánchez; Sandra Pérez‐Recio; A. Vitoria; Isabel Sanjoaquín; E. Gallardo; Jara Llenas‐García; V. Pomar; Isidor Garcia; J. Cacho; Lisbeth Goncalves De Freitas; Juan San Martín; José Francisco García-Rodríguez; María Ángeles Jiménez-Fuentes; María Luiza de Souza-Galvão; Teresa Tórtola; Ricardo Zules-Oña; Israel Molina; Adrián Sánchez‐Montalvá

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.04.075

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial changes in TB care. TB patients diagnosed during the COVID-19 pandemic showed more extended pulmonary forms. The increase in latent TB infection and active TB in children of patient households could reflect increased household transmission due to anti-COVID-19 measures.

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