Open AccessIncidence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic
Author(s) -
А. А. Токтогонова,
K Mukanbaev,
Meder Dzhumabayevich Kozhomkulov,
D. Kozhomkulov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tuberkulez i bolezni lëgkih/tuberkulëz i bolezni lëgkih
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2542-1506
pISSN - 2075-1230
DOI - 10.21292/2075-1230-2021-99-10-23-27
Subject(s) - extrapulmonary tuberculosis , tuberculosis , incidence (geometry) , medicine , population , pediatrics , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , environmental health , physics , optics
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is widespread in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic (KR). General practitioners fail to diagnose in time a signicant number of cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. In the Kyrgyz Republic, in 2019 the incidence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis made 19.5 per 100,000 population, tuberculous exudative pleurisy (50.6%) and bone and joint tuberculosis (18.1%) prevailed in the structure.