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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in numerous rare presentations of common diseases. The diseases that were prevalent for a long time like tuberculosis (TB) have been reported in cases of COVID-19. The reports of drug-sensitive, multidrug-resistant, and pre-extensively drug-resistant TB with COVID-19 are available in the medical literature. The situation in high TB burden countries where TB is a great contributor to morbidity and mortality is grisly. Herein, a case of...

Copper wires of machines stolen, samples of TB patients can't be tested for at least a week

Indias premier health institute, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, here has stopped collecting samples for TB tests at its DOT Centre in absence of chemical reagents.The cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT), ...

Jharkhand to ascertain Covid variants The preserved positive samples of those who died would be sent to the Institute of Life Science (ILS), Bhubaneswar, for whole genome sequencing The Jharkhand government directed all medical colleges of the state to send the preserved swab samples of all who died of Covid-19 infection on or after April 1 for whole genome sequencing (WGS).  The preserved positive...

Ranchi: The state health department has decided to send samples of those who died from Covid-19 after April 1 to the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) .