[660 cases of histologic extra-pulmonary tuberculosis at the Pasteur Institute in Madagascar]

Arch Inst Pasteur Madagascar. 1995;62(1):83-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A 33 months retrospective study (from September 1992 to May 1995) of 8525 patients indicated that the incidence of histologic extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPT) was 7,7%. The 8341 malagasy native patients presented an incidence of 7.8%. Male are more frequently infected than female. Most samples came from Antananarivo, with a prevalence reaching 12,5% while it was only 2,9% in the provinces. Most pathologic EPT were pleural tuberculosis (55,6%) and ganglial tuberculosis (34%). Peritoneal tuberculosis were much less frequent. According to literature data in Madagascar, the incidence of histologic EPT is obviously increasing.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Madagascar / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance
  • Prevalence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sex Distribution
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis / pathology*