TB Research

Rare Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Immunocompetent Adults: Experience of a Tertiary Hospital

Sinem Güngör, Özlem Soğukpınar, Murat Yalçınsoy, Bilgen Begüm Afşar Dönmez, Olga Akkan, Esra Akkütük Öngel, Esra Usta Bülbül, Esen Akkaya

European Archives of Medical Research · 2019-09

Abstract

Objective: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infection that can involve all tissues and organs. Although pulmonary TB (PTB) is more common, extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) is still a major clinical problem. The incidence of EPTB is 35.1% and in recent years; there has been an increase in EPTB case reporting in our country. In this study, we retrospectively investigated the clinical and laboratory characteristics of rare EPTB cases.

MeSH terms

  • Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Tertiary care
  • Medicine