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Incidence, risk factors and clinical characteristics of extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a ten‐year study in the North of Iran
Author(s) -
ShirzadAski Hesamaddin,
Hamidi Niloofar,
Sohrabi Ahmad,
Abbasi Abdollah,
Golsha Roghieh,
Movahedi Jamileh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1111/tmi.13452
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , tuberculosis , disease , lymph node , retrospective cohort study , pulmonary tuberculosis , pediatrics , pathology , physics , optics
Objective To determine the incidence of extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and examine the risk factors and the clinical features of the disease over a ten‐year period. Methods Retrospective study of records of patients who were followed and registered in the TB registry programme in the health district of Gorgan, Iran from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2017. Results Among 2280 TB records, 609 (26.71%) were EPTB. They were mostly female patients (53.7%) and residents in rural areas (56.5%) with a mean age of 40.55 years [±16]. The average age of female patients (37.55 years [±16.99]) was lower than of male patients (44.07 years [±20.59]). The median of the incidence rate was 7.5 per 100 000 inhabitants for EPTB; biopsy and pathology were the best methods for the detection of EPTB. The most frequent forms of EPTB were lymphatic TB (193/609 = 31.7%) and pleural TB (158/609 = 25.9%). In most cases (245/609 = 40.2%), one to three months elapsed between occurrence of symptoms and final confirmation of EPTB. The outcome of EPTB was weaker than of pulmonary TB (PTB). Conclusion Our most important finding was the increasing incidence of EPTB, which shows the importance of attention to this disease. Lymph node and pleural tissue were the most commonly infected tissues. Skeletal TB presents a challenge in the diagnosis and treatment of EPTB.