A Case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Severe Dengue, and COVID-19 With Venous Thromboembolism in an Indian Male: World's First Case

Abstract

The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in extensive morbidity and mortality. Not only the viral pandemic has affected almost every single person on this planet directly or indirectly but it has resulted in reporting of several cases with rare presentations of common diseases. The present case is a rare presentation wherein COVID-19 with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), severe dengue, and venous thromboembolism was diagnosed in an Indian male. This case is crucial as no such case has ever been reported in the literature. Also, during the pandemic other diseases received relatively less attention. Therefore, establishing the diagnosis in a situation where the health systems were oversaturated was a difficult task, and thus present case would be an important addition to the literature. Further, diseases like COVID-19, TB, and dengue share many similarities like pathogenesis, clinical features, and lab results, therefore, this case would help the clinicians, especially in settings where these diseases are common.