Open AccessMapping the pattern and trends of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
S Rama Prakasha,
G Suresh,
Ivor Peter D’sa,
Shobha S Shetty,
Santosh Kumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.112277
Subject(s) - medicine , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , tuberculosis , lymph node , age groups , pediatrics , surgery , mycobacterium tuberculosis , demography , pathology , sociology
There has been a rapid expansion of the directly observed treatment short-term (DOTS) under the revised national tuberculosis control program throughout India in the last decade. Few reports exist detailing individual DOTS centers' experiences with regard to extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in a medical college hospital setting.