2. METHODS
This recent study was conducted to investigate COVID-19 among 96
tuberculosis patients from February to September 2020. 27 of these
patients were suffering from extrapulmonary tuberculosis and 69 patients
had pulmonary tuberculosis. Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken from
patients and sent to the microbiology laboratory to test for SARS-CoV-2.
Molecular detection and identification of SARS-CoV-2 were carried out
using kit (DAAN GENE Ltd, http://www.daangene.com) through Real-Time
polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay 11-13.