title: [Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Africans (author's transl)].
abstract: Extra pulmonary tuberculosis are frequent in Africa and have a special severity due to delayed diagnosis and multifocal forms. Various punctures and biopsies may be necessary to demonstate the tuberculous infection. Even with modern treatment it too often implies important risks of severe sequelae.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000453:epidemiology; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000453:epidemiology; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000453:epidemiology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000453:epidemiology; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000453:epidemiology; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000453:epidemiology; D014401:Tuberculosis, Urogenital / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Les tuberculoses extrapulmonaires de l'Africain.