[660 cases of histologic extra-pulmonary tuberculosis at the Pasteur Institute in Madagascar].
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.
Pecarrére
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Institut Pasteur de Madagascar BP 1274, Antananarivo.
Raharisolo
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C
Dromigny
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JA
Auregan
G
G
Peghini
M
M
De Rotalier
P
P
Richard
J
J
Guyon
P H
PH
Ravelojaona
H
H
Rakotoarisoa
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008270:Madagascar / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*