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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Research Letter

Tuberculosis-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths after COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place, San Francisco, California, USA

Janice K. LouieComments to Author , Rocio Agraz-Lara, Laura Romo, Felix Crespin, Lisa Chen1, and Susannah Graves1
Author affiliations: San Francisco Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program, San Francisco, California, USA (J.K. Louie, R. Agraz-Lara, L. Romo, F. Crespin, S. Graves); University of California, San Francisco (J.K. Louie, L. Chen)

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Comparison of TB cases pre-SIP (January 1, 2019–March 15, 2020) and after SIP (March 16, 2020–January 31, 2021), San Francisco, California, USA. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons. Total TB cases indicates total number of case-patients receiving TB treatment, by month. Cases were counted according to the month when TB was diagnosed. In the first months of the pandemic after SIP was implemented (March 16–June 30, 2020), numbers of patients newly diagnosed with TB decreased compared with the 14.5 months prior. In early July 2020, the number of patients newly diagnosed with TB began to increase, with a higher proportion requiring hospitalization or having a TB-related death. SIP, shelter-in-place; TB, tuberculosis.

Figure. Comparison of TB cases pre-SIP (January 1, 2019–March 15, 2020) and after SIP (March 16, 2020–January 31, 2021), San Francisco, California, USA. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons. Total TB cases indicates total number of case-patients receiving TB treatment, by month. Cases were counted according to the month when TB was diagnosed. In the first months of the pandemic after SIP was implemented (March 16–June 30, 2020), numbers of patients newly diagnosed with TB decreased compared with the 14.5 months prior. In early July 2020, the number of patients newly diagnosed with TB began to increase, with a higher proportion requiring hospitalization or having a TB-related death. SIP, shelter-in-place; TB, tuberculosis.

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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