Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2017

A retrospective study on different anatomical site involvement of extra–pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending various OPD in tertiary care center

Dr. Naresh Vadsak, Dr. Hafiz Deshmukh

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 Tuberculosis remains a major global public health problem with one–third of the world‘s population being infected with the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. The burden of tuberculosis in India is the highest accounting for one fifth (21%) of the global incidence. Tuberculosis infection of any part of body other than lung parenchyma is defined as extra–pulmonary tuberculosis. In this study of 796 EPTB patients over 3 years, prevalence of EPTB was found to be higher in females than in males.  involvement of pleural cavity and lymph nodes were commonest manifestation among the 20–39 yrs age group. In the youngest age group (< 9 years), lymph node TB was the most frequently observed, (n–26/62). In contrast, in the adolescent and in geriatric age group (>60 yrs.) the most common type of EPTB was pleural cavity. Whereas in the remaining adult population (20–39, 40–60 yrs.), the most common types was pleural cavity and lymph–nodes 

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Dr. Naresh Vadsak, Dr. Hafiz Deshmukh, A retrospective study on different anatomical site involvement of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending various OPD in tertiary care center, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-6 | Issue-12 | December-2017

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