Distribution of epidemiological and clinical involvement of extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in the infectious disease’s outpatient clinic by years

Year 2023, Volume: 9 Issue: 3, 223 - 227, 31.12.2023

Sefer Aslan , Hakan Sezgin Sayiner

https://doi.org/10.30569/adiyamansaglik.1327573

Abstract

Aim: It was aimed to examine the patients diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in terms of diagnostic methods and demographic characteristics.
Materials and Methods: The files of patients with EPTB who were followed up in the infectious disease’s outpatient clinic between 2012 and 2022 in our study were retrospectively reviewed.
Results: Of the patients diagnosed with EPTB, 70.8% (102) were female and 29.2% (42) were male. The ages of the patients ranged from 20 to 88, the mean age of women was 54.2, and the mean age of men was 55. The most common site of involvement in these patients was lymph node involvement. This was followed by bone-joint, peritoneal, central nervous system and genitourinary system involvement, respectively. Histopathological methods were used most frequently in 81 (56.5%) of the patients.
Conclusion: The signs and symptoms of EPTB differ according to the organs and tissues involved in the body. We believe that EPTB should be considered in the differential diagnosis in endemic regions.

Keywords

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Lymph node, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Histopathology, Infectious diseases outpatient clinic

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval was obtained with the decision of the Ethics Committee for Non-Interventional Procedures of Adıyaman University, dated 13.12.2022, and numbered 2022/9-5. The principles of the Declaration of Helsinki conducted the research. The study was conducted under the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Supporting Institution

No person/organization is supporting this study financially.

Thanks

We thank M. Selim Şahin for his scientific contributions to this study.

Enfeksiyon hastalıkları polikliniğinde ekstrapulmoner tüberküloz hastalarının epidemiyolojik ve klinik tutulumlarının yıllara göre dağılımı

Abstract

Amaç: Ekstrapulmoner tüberküloz (EPTB) tanısı alan hastaların tanı yöntemleri ve demografik özellikleri açısından incelenmesi amaçlandı.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmamıza 2012-2022 yılları arasında enfeksiyon hastalıkları polikliniğinde takip edilen EPTB tanılı hastaların dosyaları retrospektif olarak incelendi.
Bulgular: EPTB tanısı alan hastaların %70,8’i (102) kadın, %29,2’si (42) erkek olarak saptandı. Hastaların yaşları 20 ile 88 arasında değişmekte, kadınların yaş ortalaması 54,2, erkeklerin yaş ortalaması ise 55 olarak gözlendi. Bu hastalarda en sık lenf bezi tutulumu görülmüştür. Bunu sırasıyla kemik-eklem, periton, santral sinir sistemi ve genitoüriner sistem tutulumu izlemiştir. Hastaların tanısında en sık histopatolojik yöntemler 81(%56,5) kullanılmıştır.
Sonuç: EPTB’nin belirti ve bulguları vücutta tutulan organ ve dokulara gore farklılıklar göstermektedir. Endemik bölgelerde ayırıcı tanıda EPTB hastalığının düşünülmesi gerektiği kanaatindeyiz.

Keywords

Ekstrapulmoner tüberküloz, Lenf nodu, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Histopatoloji, Enfeksiyon hastalıkları polikliniğinde

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval was obtained with the decision of the Ethics Committee for Non-Interventional Procedures of Adıyaman University, dated 13.12.2022, and numbered 2022/9-5. The principles of the Declaration of Helsinki conducted the research. The study was conducted under the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Supporting Institution

No person/organization is supporting this study financially.

Thanks

We thank M. Selim Şahin for his scientific contributions to this study.

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