Epidemiology of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in the United States, 1993–2006 | Zendy

Heather M. Peto | Zendy; Robert Pratt | Zendy; Theresa Harrington | Zendy; Philip LoBue | Zendy; Lori Armstrong | Zendy

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Epidemiology of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in the United States, 1993–2006

Author(s) -

Heather M. Peto,

Robert Pratt,

Theresa Harrington,

Philip LoBue,

Lori Armstrong

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/605559

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , epidemiology , odds ratio , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , confidence interval , genitourinary system , gastroenterology , immunology , pathology , mycobacterium tuberculosis

Almost one-fifth of United States tuberculosis cases are extrapulmonary; unexplained slower annual case count decreases have occurred in extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), compared with annual case count decreases in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases. We describe the epidemiology of EPTB by means of US national tuberculosis surveillance data.

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