Clinical presentation of tuberculosis: a nine-year single-center experience

Authors : Ahmet Cemal Pazarlı, Timur Ekiz, Mehmet Akif Abakay

Pages : 211-214

Doi:10.18621/eurj.346654

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Publication Date : 2018-07-04

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical presentation of tuberculosis cases from our center for the last nine years. Methods. This study was set as descriptive and retrospective. The data was obtained from the hospital records. Subjects who had been diagnosed as tuberculosis and received treatment in our center between the years 2007 and 2015 were included. The cases were classified as newly diagnosed, relapse, transferred, and returning after default. Results. There were 276 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(171 males and 105 females); patients with a mean age of 41.5 ± 19.2 years. Pulmonary involvement is the most common presentation and seen in 155 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(56.2%); patients. Lymph node and pleura are the most common extrapulmonary involvements those are seen in 53 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(19.2%); and 23 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(8.3%); patients, respectively. Number of the cases seems to decreased after 2012.  Most insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(85.1%); of the patients were newly diagnosed. Among the subjects, 55.2% of them had bacteriologic diagnosis, 35.1% had histopathologic diagnosis. Two subjects died during the treatment period whereas 274 of them completed the treatment program. Conclusions. Our results show that tuberculosis is seen mainly in the adult age group. While pulmonary involvement is the most common presentation, lymph node and pleura involvements are the most common extrapulmonary presentations. Number of the tuberculosis seems to decrease for the recent years. Strict preventive measures and treatment strategies should be administered. 
Keywords : Tuberculosis, pulmonary involvement, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, extrathoracic tuberculosis, lymphadenitis, treatment strategy