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Candida co-infection in pulmonary TB patients in Asia: A Narrative Review
Open AccessJournal Type: Review ArticleSubject: Medicine, Health & FoodSubject Field: Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineVolume:138, Issue: 1, December, 2023Publish Date: 4 December 2023
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Pages: 26-30
Abstract
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that causes the second most deaths in the world after COVID-19. Progress of TB disease and prolonged treatment with antibiotics or immunosuppressive agents makes TB patients immunocompromised and become susceptible to fungal infections. The coexistence of pulmonary TB and fungal infections will affect the treatment and increased mortality. With the narrative review method, this study aims to discover the prevalence of TB and candida fungus co-infection in in Asian countries. Candida albicans species is the most common in co-infections with TB and Candida fungi