Alkan, SevilDindar Demiray, Emine KübraDurgun, MehmetPaşa, ÖzgürSefer, Sinem2025-05-292025-05-2920222619-9041https://doi.org/10.19127/bshealthscience.944827https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/30593During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it was observed that the clinics of existing and undiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients were more severe, especially in low and middle-income countries where TB is endemic and there is a lack of healthcare. There is limited literature on whether the coexistence of TB and COVID 19 or the lung damage/immune state caused by COVID-19, or whether immunosuppressive therapies used during the treatment of COVID-19 whether it creates a predisposition to TB. In this case report, we aimed to present a 66-year-old female patient diagnosed as pleural tuberculosis after COVID-19 pneumonia and to examine the possible relationship between COVID-19 and TB.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCOVID 19Pleural tuberculosisTuberculosisEmpyemaArticle5110110310.19127/bshealthscience.944827