Increase in Tuberculosis Diagnostic Delay during First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from an Italian Infectious Disease Referral Hospital.

Francesco Di GennaroGina GualanoLaura TimelliPietro VittozziVirginia Di BariRaffaella LibertoneCarlotta CervaLuigi PinnarelliCarla NisiiStefania IannielloSilvia MostiNazario BevilacquaFabio IacomiAnnalisa MondiSimone TopinoDelia GolettiFrancesco VaiaGiuseppe Ippolito Enrico Girardi Fabrizio Palmieri

Published in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)

Our experience suggests that COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on TB patient care in terms of higher diagnostic delay, reduction in hospitalization, and a greater severity of clinical presentations.

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